Word: barreling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...appeals to a "Love It or Leave It" America. In Harrisburg. Pa., two weeks ago. Agnew attacked the more militant dissidents as "vultures" and declared: "We can afford to separate them from our society with no more regret than we should feel over discarding rotten apples from a barrel." What did he mean by separation? Expulsion? Concentration camps...
...Vice President's attack on the more militant dissident leaders. Describing them as "parasites of passion," "merchants of hate" and "vultures," Agnew said: "We can afford to separate them from our society with no more regret than we should feel over discarding rotten apples from a barrel." He did not specify how this purge would be accomplished...
...vain attempt to make a movie out of all this, Director Tom Gries inserts dozens of pauses between the clichés, some seemingly as long as a half time ceremony. Charlton Heston brings his usual Pleistocene presence to the part of Cat, presumably granted him because his rain-barrel chest wouldn't look scrawny in the locker-room scenes, but everyone else stands around looking sort of embarrassed. The last tackle comes as a welcome relief, as Heston and the film fall one final time to the gridiron with a resounding thud...
...same work, using the same techniques in some areas. A certain amount of duplication would be scientifically desirable to catch errors, and in most cases, the duplication seems justifiable on these grounds. Beyond that point, however, the distribution of moon rocks can become a form of extraterrestrial pork barrel. Some researchers have equipped entire laboratories with the grant money that accompanies the samples. Several contracts involve over...
Capitol by a Glacier. Besides the windfall from the leases, Alaska will collect a 12½% royalty and a 4% "severance tax" on every barrel of oil taken out. Inventing ways to spend the wealth, in fact, has become a favored pastime. Alaskans have variously suggested building a bridge to Siberia, distributing the cash equally among the citizenry, and building a much-discussed new state capitol beside the Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau. More soberly, the Legislative Council has commissioned The Brookings Institution to recommend how best to invest the interest that the money will earn, and Governor Miller has asked...