Word: banners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...statesmen of postwar America, the Ibis has often seemed a political anachronism, preaching the same blend of straight talk and good-will that was his banner headline as a youth. But if his message still comes over loud and clear, it is because he has stayed in tune with the youth of today, and because his wisdom and eloquence transcend the tradewinds of political fortune...
...incendiary oratory, a paradoxical atmosphere of decorum prevailed in most cities marking the day. In Los Angeles, poetry reading was the rule, including one eulogy, "It Was a Funky Deal," delivered under a banner of Malcolm's face. In Washington, two observances were marked by quiet meditation, and efforts to shut Negro classrooms and urge workers off their jobs for the day proved largely ineffectual. As his followers listened to tapes of the uhuru guru, the Black Power movement that he helped model was facing a conflict between its words and deeds...
...profit-sharing plan. Moreover, the Union Leader does a commendable job of reporting state politics and carries as much national and international news as most papers its size. But all too often news stories turn out to be only slightly disguised Loeb opinions. ASKS U.S. BELLY CRAWL bawled the banner headline over a story about Senator Mike Mansfield urging the U.S. to confess that the Pueblo was in North Korean waters if the admission would bring about the release of the crew. Not long ago, the Union Leader happily featured a Manchester gravestone dealer who had placed a sign...
...success in several Democratic primaries in 1964 proves that blue-collar workers will vote for him. Naturally, explosive riots this summer would reinforce racial antagonisms and create instant converts to the Wallace banner. But he also received substantial support from Republican suburbs in his 1964 primary races, and Nixon's calculations ignore the possibility that middle-class suburbanites might desert the Republican nominee for Wallace almost as readily as blue-collar workers dump Johnson...
...culmination of 20,000 hours of labor over ten years. And to Peggy Fleming, 19, a raven-haired Colorado College coed, the effort was all worthwhile when she stepped onto the winner's podium at Grenoble last week and heard played The Star-Spangled Banner for the first and perhaps only time in the 1968 Winter Olympics. "This feeling," said Figure Skater Fleming, "can never be shared-even by the richest people...