Word: suits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Roundabout Manner. Once the Russians began installing an ABM system around Moscow and Leningrad two years ago, it was inevitable that the U.S. would follow suit. Washington did so, however, in a roundabout manner. Last September, after years of opposition to an ABM network, McNamara reversed field and announced that the U.S. intended to begin building Sentinel -to defend the country against the Chinese, not the Russians...
...Birthday to the third Monday in February, Memorial Day to the last Monday in May, Veterans Day to the last Monday in October, and Columbus Day to the second Monday in October. The bill will affect only federal workers, but it is expected that everybody else will follow suit. With this in mind, the bill's effective date is set at Jan. 1, 1971, to allow time for unions and employers to adjust salaries and contracts to the new legal holidays...
Whether their injuries are physical or financial, damage-suit plaintiffs are winning higher and higher awards. A sampling of recent judgments...
...woman, the bottle ran dry. As a result, air bubbles were fed into her bloodstream, causing her heart to stop. Doctors revived the seemingly lifeless patient after a minute and a half, but she was left almost totally blind and suffered a severe speech impairment. After eight years, her suit against the city finally got to court; after three days of trial, Miss Triano, 33, accepted a $250,000 out-of-court settlement...
...down to the back of the hall. A small, bald-headed, ruddy-faced man who said he was a farmer from northern Middlesex County manned a desk full of nomination petitions at the doorway. One reporter, somewhat uncharitably, said the farmer was "dressed in a smartly-cut Robert Hall suit." Sitting next to the farmer was a cripple, who had a slick DA hair-cut and a black leather jacket. His crutches lay on the floor. "We've got to get Governor Wallace on the ballot now," he said, pounding his fists. "And then the fight isn't over...