Word: spared
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...attacks was beaten back by the platoon's guns and pinpoint Air Cav artillery support. When the remnants of the 2nd Platoon were finally rescued and brought back to safety, they were dazed and jabbering, but still had discipline, pride and-most amazing of all-ammunition to spare...
...Whitaker, a busy general practitioner, was so concerned for his aging patients who had no place else to go, that he decided to start Issaquah Villa in his "spare time"-that is, when he was not attending to the daily 50-patient load of his regular practice and helping to raise his eleven children and his black Angus cattle. Even with all those demands on his energy, he has been able to operate profitably a home that ranks with the best in the U.S. What's more, the unusual presence of a doctor as medical director, rather than...
PETER, PAUL AND MARY: SEE WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS (Warner Bros.). Contrary to the prophecy of cynics, PP&M have stuck together in spite of marriages, babies and success. But, except for two songs that recall their former magic (The Rising of the Moon, Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?), their latest recording suggests that they have about played out their tune...
...Vasseur, who looked "mighty pleased with himself." A woman told how he burned her breasts with a cigarette. Vasseur listened impassively, commenting, "It's possible" or "It's plausible." His mother blamed herself. Taking the stand, she cried: "I had a very strict mother. I wanted to spare my son. I sinned in the other direction. It is not he who ought to be on trial. It's me. It is my fault. Punish...
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? is more than a song title to the seminarians and ministers at Chicago's Urban Training Center for Christian Mission. Shortly after they enroll, they take "the plunge." They are sent out with just $8, to live and work for four days in the slums surrounding the center's headquarters on Ashland Avenue. "It's sort of shock treatment," explains the center's director, Episcopal Father James P. Morton. "It puts them in situations where they're forced to listen instead of spouting, as they're used...