Word: true
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...True. Even in mundane ways, Americans like to look ahead. In Manhattan last week, long before anyone ate a turkey, a giant spruce tree from New Jersey was raised over the Rockefeller Center ice-skating rink. The Christmas season was already under way. In the Northern California lumber town of Burney, Don Whitman, 67, closed down his barbershop and his wife Edna locked her antique shop, and the two of them renewed a family tradition: cutting Christmas trees. "It's a happiness business," says Mrs. Whitman. "I imagine all the excitement and joy connected with every Christmas tree...
...relationship between the Senate and the House of Representatives. By giving Senators six-year terms, the founding fathers hoped for a senior body of thoughtful, experienced and judicious men who would temper the boisterous House, where membership is subject to total change every two years. Now the opposite is true. The House has become a safe haven for incumbents; 95% of those who sought re-election won this year...
...Front. But then Sanjabi went to Paris and pledged his loyalty to Ayatullah Khomeini, the exiled leader of Iran's Shi'ite Muslims. When Sanjabi returned to Iran, he was arrested. There have been rumors in Tehran that the Shah has had secret meetings with Sanjabi. Not true. In fact, he no longer finds Sanjabi acceptable. Nor does the Shah feel that there is any way to negotiate with Khomeini. After trying several times to make peace with the defiant mullah, he has written...
Ironically, like most backpackers, I'd set out 26 days before seeking the true wilderness experience. It eluded me. After 200 miles, after carrying more than half my weight, after beginning alone, all I knew was a lot of pain, too many people and a scenery spectacular in its extremes but too barren to be beautiful...
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