Word: strolling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...faceful of social outrage in the very first scene. A bunch of young kids sit on a stage, squirming in the summer heat as some starchy board of education types present them with scholastic awards. One old caricature, decked out in clothes more appropriate to a stroll on a widow's walk, extols an essay written by young Sonny Carson. She tells the audience all about how wonderful it is that this young Negro boy has raised himself up out of the slums, written about a few of his experiences, and set himself on the path of success...
...their leisure time, young couples stroll around a man-made lake, watch movies, listen to quadraphonic stereo, or play pool in the recreation room of their glass and redwood housing complex. At first glance, they could be students at some bright new community college. But campuses are not bounded by barbed wire-topped fences, and students are not kept under scrutiny around the clock...
Therefore the coed institutions are surrounded by fences rather than high walls. Guards wear street clothes and carry walkie-talkies rather than guns or clubs. Male inmates stroll about in jeans and T shirts, while many of the women favor colorful halter tops and slacks...
Maybe it's the cheerleaders, who wouldn't be caught dead doing any sort of straight cheer. Harvard does not have a line of pretty coeds with pom-poms doing cute routines, but rather a casual bunch that stroll around on the sidelines giving an "H" and an "A", etc. now and then, but mostly clowning...
...sources in Washington. "He was always available," recalls Marjorie Hunter of the New York Times. "I'd call him on the House floor and he'd always come and answer questions. It's been the same during the last few months." As Vice President, Ford would stroll into the back of the plane on his frequent travels, double-olived martini in hand, and spend hours jawing with the reporters who regularly covered him. The camaraderie was strained only once, when a newcomer printed a remark about Watergate that Ford considered off the record, forcing other reporters...