Word: walls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Still, he must go. Like most young men in his situation, Gary Wilson faces the Army at a time when he is still suspended somewhere between the campus and full manhood (in his room at home, his Eagle Scout badges are hung on a wall not far from his plastic-encased draft notice). One moment he will shrug boyishly about his draft call, expected in July, as a "necessary evil." Then he will turn studiedly philosophical, frowning heavily and puffing on a Raleigh cigarette as he says: "Most students I know are more worried about actually going into the military...
...been condemned . . . new-car, prettier-girl, bigger-house sort of pride in country-somewhere along the way we've lost it . . ." While the guitar switches to something sinister and Oriental, the voice continues: "Our enemies . . . they've been putting steel wedges in the cracks in our wall of solidarity. The new idea is don't attack America, wear it down gradually . . . and did you know? It's working." Finally, over a chorus of Onward, Christian Soldiers and America, the narrator proclaims fervently: "Democracy is held together by Fourth-of-July flag-waving patriotism ... if you feel...
Carpentier's point of view was understandable-as far as Brussels is concerned. But fact is that values on most European bourses have fallen because of internal economic problems, moving independently and ahead of Wall Street...
...heart at Bastogne. Two quarts of blood had to be drawn from his punctured chest, and not surprisingly, he has had his share of lung trouble. But after more than 20 years, his ECG is normal, although X rays show the bullet still firmly lodged in the back wall of his left ventricle. There it swings, pendulum fashion, with each heartbeat. Though the veteran sometimes suffers from short ness of breath and dizziness, his main trouble is anxiety. And as with four others among the 40 cases, say the investigators, it is the anxiety, not the metal in his heart...
...Wall Street seemed to hear only Henry. The day before, the Dow-Jones industrial average had surged back by 14.36 points for the best single day's gain in eleven months. Even now, as the Ford meeting was under way, stocks were still moving modestly upward. But hardly were the words out of Ford's mouth when the Dow-Jones went spiraling downward eight points, ended the day off 5.5 points and the week, in which there was reason to expect a real rally, up a mere...