Word: wide
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...poor families access to services ranging from prenatal care of mothers to free medical service through the first year of a baby's life. "It is a shocking fact," said Johnson, "that in saving the lives of babies, America ranks 15th among the nations of the world." - A wide range of new consumer-protection programs, including some already approved by the Senate but not the House (truth in lending, gas-pipeline safety) and several approved by neither (among them, a wholesome-fish-and-poultry act). He also proposed appointing a consumer counsel in the Justice Department-a sort...
...lost most of his hair (and teeth), but he still plays, as he puts it, "with abandon." On the very first play from scrimmage, he slammed head-on into Oakland Full back Hewritt Dixon, flipped Dixon cleats over clavicle for no gain. When the Raiders tried to run wide, Nitschke demonstrated his remarkable talent for lateral pursuit-shooting through the gaps left by Oakland's pulling guards to run down Raider ball carriers from behind. In all, Nitschke made five unassisted tackles, helped on four others and blocked a pass. Afterwards, in the locker room, legs covered with welts...
...story, leaked from Washington, was that in springtime six juniors at a college in western Pennsylvania had gone to a grassy knoll near the campus, taken LSD, and remained for hours, staring wide-eyed into the sun. As a result, their retinas were so badly burned that all six became totally blind. Authority for the story was Norman M. Yoder, 53, commissioner of the Office for the Blind in Pennsylvania's Department of Public Welfare. He stood by it after his informal report to Washington got out. A state senator and Governor Raymond P. Shafer backed...
...group is interesting to watch with something sympathetic and appealing about them; they are young, they move well, they perform with confidence and spirit. A few of them, Lisa Nelson and Whittaker Sheppard in particular, give off sparks of a very personalized energy. A few of them, especially wide-eyed Wendy Perron, possess radiant good looks that are nothing if not pleasant to behold. A few of them, like Martha Armstrong, are very funny. Attributes like these can make even a spoiled Loeb audience forget they're faced with a proscenium stage bare of sets, made ugly by a dirty...
...outwardly calm DeGuglielmo then appeared before the council. He read a prepared statement detailing the projects of his administration, and said that, if he was to be removed, he supported a nation-wide search for his successor. His only plea was that the council--instead of appointing an interim manager--let him remain in office until the new manager was found...