Word: surely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sure, many who fall below the line are poor only by definition, such as a married medical student whose current low income is offset by bountiful prospects for the future, or the elderly couple whose monthly income of $150 in Social Security payments may suffice if they own their home, car and furniture. Nor does the poverty line distinguish between costs of living in different regions: $3,335 a year stretches a lot further in Gadsden, Ala., than in New York City. Nonetheless, the Orshansky measure, if anything, underestimates the real dimensions of poverty...
...them, it causes trouble." Subsisting on a diet of canned food ("I'm not much of a cook"), sandwiches and an occasional dinner with a daughter, he looks forward to social security payments that will begin next year. "I don't like that welfare much," he says, "and I sure don't mind workin'. Besides, I don't want to go through all that stuff you gotta go through...
...police raid and desirous of change, were beginning to doubt whether they really wanted to take over the university after all. Quite clearly, the university was due for "restructuring"-Columbia's word of the week-although even the faculty committee responsible for recommending changes was not sure how. As Philosophy Lecturer Vincent E. Smith told a class last week: "You can't order a reformation Sunday and expect to have it by breakfast on Monday...
From a horseman's standpoint, the trouble with the law is that no one knows for sure just how long Butazolidin will remain in a particular animal's system. Most veterinarians consider 72 hours the normal outside limit, but there are recorded cases in which horses have tested positive for Butazolidin as long as 84 hours after receiving the medication...
...best, truest friend." It is not that boys are not fond of horses. The last thing Victor Esch Jr., 10, does before he goes to bed in Potomac, Md., is shine a spotlight out of the window to be sure his pony Misty is all right. But girls are more lavish with their affection. "He's my best, truest friend," says Mary Jay Harrigan, 8, who spends her afternoons after school in Colebrook, N.H., riding her 21-year-old chestnut gelding Ahab the Arab. When Sue Ann Meyer returned home from camp to her parents in Lincoln, Mass...