Word: walke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...declared himself the underdog and charged that Lindsay was being used "by the rejected Republican Party as a front in its attempted comeback in the city, state and nation." Beame called for help from any and all quarters to "repel the invaders." His manager reported that Hubert Humphrey would "walk the streets, ring doorbells and make speeches" on Beame's behalf...
Half-Mile Walk. The unprecedented act of penitence, undertaken by representatives of every corner of Roman Catholicism, implied a corporate acknowledgment of the church's sins ? an admission of humility for "the spotless bride of Christ" that would have been unthink able a decade ago. Yet, instead of sackcloth and ashes, the prel ates wore vestments of red and purple, and the venerable fathers for whom the half-mile walk would have been the slightest physical ordeal were discreetly excused from the ceremony. The place of honor in the procession, as always, was given to the Pope; but this...
...generations of silent-filmgoers as the funny man who never smiled. And Keaton is the movie's toughest critic. "I don't know what the picture's about," he complains. "It's so goddam arty I'm surprised the audience didn't walk...
...whenever possible make an appointment to see him. In other words use these facilities just as you would use your medical facilities at home." This system has, for the most part, been successful; there are now many more hours spent by staff physicans on appointments than in the walk-in clinic. Some doctors, however, sem to prefer the clinic arrangement, and patients have not been thoroughly cooperative; about 20 per cent of the appointments for the special visits of dermatologists are not kept, for example...
...services, however, are commonly distrusted and characterized as too understaffed and unconcerned. Perhaps the most serious criticism is that the Health Services does not have an ambulance and sometimes appears unequipped to handle emergencies; house calls are made under only the gravest circumstances. 'Cliffies complain of the rather long walk from the quad to Holyoke Center when they are ill during the winter months...