Word: vermont
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Even in the days before the U.S. Civil War, Vermont's farm-bred Congressman Justin Smith Morrill looked about him and saw an ill-trained nation speeding toward "decay and degradation." His bold proposal: launch land-grant colleges in every state to educate farmers, mechanics and "those at the bottom of the ladder who want to climb up." On a tense day in July 1862-as McClellan frittered away the Union Army at Malvern Hill-Lincoln signed the Morrill Act that gave 17.4 million acres to "people's colleges." So began the biggest effort in the history...
...During the week students at the University of Vermont asked Nixon to describe the most exciting day of his life. "It was the day I received a scholarship to law school at Duke," he reminisced. Then he diplomatically corrected himself. "No, that was the second-happiest day. The first was the day I proposed...
...Women voters are more Republican than men (about 4% more, according to Pollster Elmo Roper). *New Hampshire's Charles Tobey, Vermont's George Aiken, Oregon's Wayne Morse, New York's Irving Ives, Minnesota's Edward Thye, New Jersey's Robert Hendrickson...
...That Boy? In Montpelier, statehouse officials are regularly asked about Vermont's Ceres, who is called "that Indian," "that Green Mountain boy," or simply "that woman." Two years ago the body of Atlanta's poor Miss Freedom (alias Miss Justice, Miss Equality and Miss Liberty) was found to be riddled with bullet holes. The winged female in Phoenix. Ariz, has also had a hard time. Known to some as the Whirling Dervish or Biddy, she has no official name, though she carries a torch and a wreath, wears swirling classical robes. Riflemen have at one time or another...
Every morning last week Dr. Wilhelm Raab, 65, just retired as professor of experimental medicine at the University of Vermont, did 500 half knee bends with arm swings. Before retiring he did another 500. His Boston-born wife Olga. 54, did knee bends too, but usually quit before she hit 200 because, she admits, "I get to giggling over how we must look." Vienna-born Dr. Raab could not care less how he looks so long as he is warding off what he calls "loafer's heart." Dr. Raab never rides in a car or elevator...