Word: starting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...West, West to East, the U.S. of today is knit together in an increasingly common culture that leaves plenty of room for individualism but little for the old separateness. In his Travels with Charley, an account of a trip around the entire continental U.S., John Steinbeck observed: "From start to finish, I found no strangers." Says Historian Daniel J. Boorstin: "Much of what people call provincialism is really a way of attacking this country for not being like Europe, or the Midwest for not being like New York. As a consequence of modern technology and higher standards of living, there...
...farming town of Sarrat, in Ilocos Norte province on Luzon's craggy northwest slopes. Marcos grew up under a code of spartan self-reliance. His father, Mariano Marcos, was a stern, humorless politician who refused comfort to any of his four children if they cried over injuries. "Don't start a fight," he advised brusquely, "until you know...
...controls that the Laborites are imposing. They promised, for example, to denationalize the steel industry if the Labor government makes good its pledge to renationalize it. Similarly, the Tories vowed to repeal Wilson's Selective Employment Tax and rescind recent tax hikes. When and if the whirlwind does start blowing against the Labor government, Ted Heath and his party intend to take full advantage...
...speaking fees, will have some remarks for the Orioles as well. Last season they paid him $62,500, but when a reporter asked Frank if he would be embarrassed to ask for a $100,000 salary next year, he grinned: "Embarrassed? That's where we'll start...