Word: stand
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...held without bail when possible. He is skeptical about school decentralization. When accused of racism, he explodes: "That's the dirtiest thing I've seen done in a long time." When he uses the term "law and order," he insists, "The words are not shorthand. They do not stand for something else. We simply must live under the rule of law. Violence never works." Lately he has tried to get away from the image of being a one-issue candidate by presenting a series of position papers...
...social-economic ladder, the Negro demands for wholesale admission of blacks meant lowered academic standards and less room for whites. City College Alumnus Mario Procaccino brought a court suit to compel the city to reopen the institution. It put him in the favorable position of using respectable means to stand up to the radicals. He scored points across the board with this bit of alliterative class propaganda: "City College is what New York is all about. It has always had more heart than Harvard. It has always been more real than Yale. It has always had more purpose than Princeton...
...whispers urgently. Procaccino steps back and says: "Listen, I just want you to know that as far as I'm concerned, each man in this city is as good as any man." The leader and entourage sweep down the street. Procaccino stops at a pizza stand, buys wedges for himself and his running mates. Nibbling from his left hand, shaking with his right, he continues without missing a voter, getting tomato paste on his suit or egg on his face. Procaccino used to be known for his gaffes-as, for instance, telling an audience that a political ally...
Samuel Saikin denied everything. Taking the stand in his own defense, he said that he had brought Ella Jean to Chicago in an attempt to patch up her marriage. When she arrived, he met her at the airport and took her to his warehouse. Early next morning, they drove to the farm, awakened Joel and drove along the Indiana Toll Road so the two could talk before returning to Chicago to drop off Ella Jean's luggage. He waited in the car while Joel and the girl entered the warehouse. Joel returned alone, he said, and admitted having killed...
...that disquiet now attends a project of just such dimensions: the supersonic transport aircraft. Last week, when President Nixon announced his decision to spend $96 million this year and more than $1 billion later on to underwrite SST development, the cheers came mainly from the manufacturers and airlines that stand to profit most...