Word: barnstorming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Anita Bryant and her troops, meantime, are preparing to broaden their Save Our Children movement beyond Miami. Bryant is weighing the possibility of opening a Washington office for her crusade and may barnstorm the country to oppose gay rights ordinances...
When a couple of friends who owned a basketball team came to him in 1966 with the idea of starting a new league, he quickly dropped his tax cases to barnstorm the country looking for prospective owners. In the hunt, Davidson coupled his penchant for cold calculation with a latent but awesome talent for salesmanship. Davidson, 39, makes an impressive appearance with his year-round tan and robust physique (he plays tennis and basketball at least three times a week). His pin-stripe suits, moderate Republicanism and background as a Beta Theta Pi at U.C.L.A. tend to reassure businessmen...
...What just about breaks the heart is that while the nation lies wounded and confused, the President of the U.S. still thinks, in his fantastic arrogance, he need do nothing more than barnstorm, nothing more than instruct his "children" in speeches that are not only embarrassingly transparent but absolutely enraging in their efforts to persuade us dumb (expletive deleted...
...Crimson golf team continued its barnstorm through the East yesterday, putting down Brown and Boston College for its eighth straight triumph...