Word: thrown
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...absurd" anyway, said Louis Nizer, who appeared for the film industry. He pointed out that eight of Dallas' banned films had subsequently been on television in full view of any twelve-year-old. Adding that six cities were already copying the Dallas law, he asked that it be thrown out. If it is not, he said, it would be an "intolerable burden" on the film industry. The court will hear no further argument on the subject, but will render a decision some time before recessing in June...
...offside or illegal motion penalty-while Oakland, baffled by the staggered cadence counts of Packer Quarterback Bart Starr, twice jumped the center snap. The Packers never fumbled; the Raiders did three times. The only interception came when Green Bay's Herb Adderley picked off a sideline pass thrown by Oakland Quarterback Daryle Lamonica and scampered 60 yds. for a touchdown. Oakland Safetyman Rodger Bird was responsible for a swing of perhaps 17 points in the score: he fumbled a punt and got beaten twice on passes...
...illusion that the dancer's motions cut through space was difficult to sustain. Instead, performers often looked as though they were progressing from one focus to another. Only two choreographers. Catherine Stern in Personna and Wendy Summit in Void tried different lighting. In Personna a shaft of light was thrown from stage left like a flashlight beam. In contrast Void was nullified by the trick appearance of the house lights, which remained on throughout most of the dance...
Died. Pierre van Paassen, 72, Dutch-born foreign correspondent, author and minister; after a long illness; in Manhattan. As a correspondent for the New York Evening World and Toronto Star from 1924 to 1935, Van Paassen attacked fascism with such gusto that he was thrown out of Germany and Italy; as an author, he wrote a dozen instant histories and produced in 1939 an autobiographical bestseller in Days of Our Years. After World War II, he went to the pulpit and devoted nearly all his time to battling religious and political intolerance as a Unitarian minister...
...without a physical examination; a member of a midwestern SDS chapter was re-classified by virtue of his membership; anti-war demonstrators at the University of Michigan have been re-classified; and the list could go on and can be expected to grow. Many guidelines have been thrown overboard by the SSS in its concern to "unify" the nation by squashing dissent...