Word: circuitous
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Perhaps so, but Agnew is hardly taking himself off the banquet circuit. The very next day, in a speech in Akron to honor William H. Ayres, a Republican who was defeated in November after ten terms in Congress, Agnew opened Round No. 2 in the defense of his campaign role. He firmly disagreed with "the implication that the harsh thrust of partisan debate suddenly in 1970 no longer has a place in American politics," and declared that "division can be constructive...
...aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy in the Mediterranean, Captain Ferdinand B. Koch conducted an electronic forum via the ship's closed-circuit TV, answering questions phoned to him from sailors below decks...
When Jack Johnson emerged from the black boxing circuit in 1910 to fight Tommy Burns for the heavyweight title, it was only twenty years after the general acceptance of Queensbury rules: the sport was still developing out of its rudimentary stages, and remained a popular outlet for urban athletes from overcrowded slums. Although American championship circles were predominantly WASPish or Irish Catholic, there were many amateur clubs where local heroes could box for fun, a prize, or a small purse, and an entire corps of talented black boxers (forced to fight mainly amongst themselves due to ring economics). Sam Langford...
Kramer, too, has had to take protective measures at the Harvard Bookstore. At a cost of $50 per month, he's added a closed circuit television which surveys customers in the store. He also has a sign next to the door asking customers to stop and check their books before entering the main part of the store...
Fencing has been called an athletic game of chess, and like chess it can be mastered in many ways. The Crimson fencing team proves that. Against CCNY this Saturday afternoon, they will try to prove that they are the masters of the college circuit...