Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...goats, three dogs, three geese, two cockatoos, one cat, one guinea pig, 40 rabbits, one turtle, one alligator turtle, 22 goldfish, 15 Hungarian pigeons and five chickens. A sea lion named "Sandy" was regretfully banished after it began chasing guests. Ethel, now 40, never quite lost her sense of wonder at being married to Bobby Kennedy. Their affection was tender, gay and companionable, and though she is terrified of airplanes, she went with him almost everywhere. For her, the supreme test of an individual's worth was simply whether her husband approved...
...enslaved by technology. "Look at that train!" he said proudly, pointing out a black smoke-belching locomotive. "The machines of that day really had something for an artist. They weren't afraid to exhibit their power. Today's machines enclose it, cover it up. No wonder there's all this rebellion when no one can feel comfortable in this culture...
This is not a connoisseur's exhibit. It is a bit facile, picking out the best known artists, in their most recognizable attire. The hand of the French public relations man, embracing the creative world under the tricolor makes us wonder if he doesn't want us to like him a little better, or visit his country a little sooner. But bribe or no bribe, reunions are not known for soul-searing communications...
...crowds turn out merely to meet celebrities. But Ethel Kennedy, for one, more than pays her way. Though expecting their eleventh child and terrified of flying, Ethel has covered virtually the entire primary circuit with Bobby. "I feel better when she is here," Kennedy tells friends. Small wonder. Her gaiety and energy are inexhaustible in the face of 18-hour campaign days, run stockings, demolished hairdos or even last week's Oregon primary. Not the least of Ethel's virtues is that she avoids making speeches...
...this would be a yeasty investment. Continental's bread, led by Wonder, is sold in 46 states and in Mexico, Jamaica and the Bahamas. Continental, which also makes Hostess cakes and Morton frozen foods, had total sales of $621 million last year. Its management, headed by Chairman and Chief Executive R. Newton Laughlin, will continue to operate Continental. The parent company will act as "a repository of technical knowledge for Continental," says ITT Executive Vice President Hart Perry, who supervised the month-long negotiations...