Word: v
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...couple of reporters at city hall asked New York's observant Mayor John V. Lindsay, 45, for his opinion on the fact that the miniskirt is flourishing in his fair city. "It's a functional thing," replied Hizzoner. "It enables young ladies to run faster-and because of it they may have...
...Royal Air Force after he had been accepted for pilot training. All his young life he lived in the shadow of a robust, rich and famous father: Sir Malcolm Campbell, gentleman sportsman, holder of nine world land-speed records and three water-speed records, knighted by King George V. Even after Sir Malcolm died, in his bed at 64, the shadow remained. Donald sought out mediums, trying to contact his father-sometimes, he claimed, with success: "There he was, laughing uproariously as he called me 'a complete clot...
What most bothered Detroit was the prospect that its 1967 models would run into further decline. Last month, each of the Big Three sold fewer cars than in December 1965. Production schedules for this month call for an output of only 720,000 cars v. 816,000 last January. Last week Ford knocked off a production day at many of its plants, decided to drop a number of low-seniority workers altogether. Chrysler meanwhile shut down its St. Louis assembly plant for a week. Beleaguered American Motors, which suffered a 17.4% sales loss last year...
...share of the blame. Despite the com plaints, and the move by some food stores to cancel stamps, the industry it self had a passable year. Summing up, Sperry and Hutchinson Co. President William S. Beinecke last week reported that all trading stamps increased sales 2.1% to $794 million v. 3.2% the year before. S & H, whose Green Stamps make it the largest company in the field with 40% of the business, expects when figures are complete to better 1965 stamp revenues of $330,610,000 and post its 21st consecutive record year...
...span of 40 years, Sir Harold Nicolson wrote 28 books of history (The Congress of Vienna), biography (King George V), fiction (Sweet Waters), essays (Good Behavior) and travelogues (Journey to Java), as well as countless book reviews and speeches. But nothing that Sir Harold has ever produced is so likely to win him a permanent place in British letters as this volume culled by his younger son from his personal notes and correspondence...