Word: wonderful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Government, motherhood and free enterprise have given the nation a Christmas tree with such sublime harmony it is a true wonder to behold. The tree was ordered out of a seed catalogue by a son-in-law. As an infant it was tenderly watered by four grandchildren. At age six the blue spruce (Picea pungens) was a Mother's Day gift to Mrs. William E. Myers of York, Pa. Transplanted to her front yard, it was smothered with loving neglect for 15 years. No fertilizer. No watering. No insecticide. No pruning...
...family reunion, a young person's rite of passage into the adult world of commercial or professional comradeship. A convention can also be a fresh opportunity to display talent, knowledge, oratorical skill or sales records, to reaffirm one's wealth and worthiness in the eyes of the world. No wonder 26 million Americans this year have hastened to put on their badges, their funny hats and their broadest smiles. Welcome, delegates...
...Small wonder. Those billions that conventioneers sprinkle behind them are high-velocity dollars. The money remains the same, as Gertrude Stein put it, but the pockets change. Faster than you can say otorhinolaryngologist. According to some estimates, a dollar spent at a convention is respent locally five times over the subsequent two weeks. Better yet, convention spending is pure gravy for the host city. "Conventions don't pollute or put any burden on municipal services," says Frank Sain, president of the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau. Adds Hartford, Conn.'s Convention and Visitors Bureau Chairman David Heinl: "A convention...
...Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made To Love Him" just doesn't sound the same with Khan improvising the vocals and instruments. The new beat and word changes sound weak and artificial, and to someone who doesn't remember Wonder's original version, it's a sad reflection on a brilliant song-writer...
...take the action? The answer of these members was no, because, in the words of one, it was "too much democracy." Since some committee members have shown what I consider paternalistic attitudes towards South African blacks, suggesting that blacks do not know what is best for themselves, I wonder why these members should doubt the rights of the white elite to rule the supposedly uninformed blacks...