Word: waits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Majestic Wake. It was a humbling experience for some of the 60 U.S. Congressmen who attended the funeral, and found themselves forced to wait outside. "I'm Fred Schwengel," announced the Iowa Representative. "What's your business?" came the curious reply. Illinois' Senator Charles Percy, Maine's Edmund Muskie and Texas' Ralph Yarborough had to stay outside the church. Auto Workers Boss Walter Reuther was shoved brusquely aside with the rest when a burly Negro marched through crying: "Make way for Wilt, everybody, let Wilt come through." Into the church, his faintly smiling face high...
...beginning of the Security Oath, they'll ask if anyone is not going to sign. Say nothing. Wait until they start, then raise your hand and and ask, "Is it true that if I don't sign this oath--which is my constituitonal right--that my induction process will be held up for four to six months...
DeFord is treated at a city clinic, then rents a cheap room just off the Bowery, where he plans to wait until the doctors tell him he can go home. He is surrounded by winos, hoods and drug pushers, but he manages to maintain his integrity. Amidst defeat and depravity, he nurtures his memories of the country's reach and grandeur, of the days he spent hunting and fishing, and of his pride in earning his living with his hands. It is Author Shetzline's singular achievement that he keeps DeFord and his memories uncorrupted...
...number of patients seeking care was far below the potential limit. Like too many welfare programs, the clinic had been organized simply as a handout: "Here's the center. Now you take it or leave it." Little concern was shown for the dignity of individuals. Patients had to wait in line to see a doctor who might or might not be the same one as last time. Examinations might be carried out in an impersonal manner that seemed to indicate to the patient that the system regarded him as just another burden. It was that kind of attitude that turned...
...this point that the experts begin to bicker. The cautious would wait for more returns before making policy. Others favor a leap into the unknown. Circumstances favor the bolder; as David Cohen points out--the Federal government has already made a massive commitment to compensatory education. And the ghettos are demanding answers. The risk of costly failures, however, remains...