Word: testing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hear only from the selfish who are unwilling to see their country through another trying period. These folks with back trouble are not new to the American scene. We heard them in the early '40s and '50s when they told us America could not meet the test of history. But this country has never proceeded on the course that the selfish chart for us. This country has been sustained by men who were willing to be faithful when their country was in need. Those men are still with us today. I strongly recommend to my friends who doth...
...Many House members, who are in a cost-cutting mood, want to reorganize OEO into oblivion; there is also a widespread conviction that poverty funds should be pared. And, unlike their Senate colleagues, the House critics complement rather than offset one another. When the authorization bill runs its House test, the President is more likely to be fighting for enough money than fighting off too much...
...Testing the Temper. No such ailments seem likely to cut short Damascus' career. Sired by Sword Dancer, himself a two-time winner of the Woodward, Damascus is as sound as his steely name and just beginning to test his temper. In his first campaign last season, he won three out of four starts and $25,865 in purses. So far in 1967, he has won 11 out of 14, including both the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. Winnings this year: $723,651, which puts him within easy reach of the one-year record of $752,550 set by Nashua...
Shanker so far has neither paid the fine nor gone to jail; his lawyer announced that he and his union plan to appeal, thus providing the new law with its first real test...
Kooky Doll. It has certainly been easy so far. "I met Dick Avedon at a party last February," explains Penelope, "and he asked me to do some test shots." The result is a striking 14-page spread of pictures by Photographer Avedon in the current Vogue, which exposes Penelope's charms in-among other outfits-a partially unbuttoned pants suit, a hip-revealing dress by Rudi Gernreich and thigh-high fun furs. But no matter what the rig, Penelope animates them all with her special gamine charm and kooky doll features...