Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...House Judiciary Committee makes the initial investigation into possible misconduct of federal judges, while the Senate Judiciary Committee initiates trial proceedings in the upper chamber if the House approves articles of impeachment...
Names picked on Herold with less than two minutes to play in the game when he gathered in a pass from Dan McCrudden and rocketed a shot into the upper right corner of the net from ten yards out. The tally closed out the day's scoring...
...South is changing, but the "upper crust" has resisted so far. There is more flexibility in its thinking and actions, but down deep little real change. I recall the constant admonition, "Remember who you are"-and that meant a Southern lady or gentleman...
...good life is still dictated by the exclusionary standards of an antebellum aristocracy. The great Mardi Gras balls of New Orleans are reserved for the private delectation of the old Creole coterie. Charleston's St. Cecilia Society demands stiffer credentials of a would-be member than the upper-crustiest men's club in London. But in most of the South, as one historian has observed, noblesse oblige has yielded to bourgeoisie oblige-even at the country club, traditionally the most closely guarded bastion of upper-class Southern Waspdom. Richmond's Country Club of Virginia, once a haven...
...families; in 1974 it was 56%. The totals: $6,730 for black families, $12,050 for whites.The black middle class is rapidly expanding, especially in the booming cities. Some black neighborhoods, such as Birmingham's Briarmont and Atlanta's Southwest, have all the amenities and status of upper-middle-class white residential areas...