Word: classing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ghetto, perhaps even give the hard-pressed cities time and room enough to do more in eradicating slums. To some extent, improving the quality of life of any American sooner or later improves the quality of life of all Americans: water, air and green space know no class or color distinctions. The President quotes Theodore Roosevelt in a special statement in the current issue of FORTUNE magazine, which is devoted to environment. Roosevelt, writes Nixon, "described the conservation and proper use of natural resources as 'the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of our national life...
...Upper Class. Carswell's decisions have reflected his close ties to the society in which he lives. As a member in good standing of Tallahassee's ruling class, he seldom misses one of the Cotillion Club's four annual formal dances. The Carswells have four children: two married, two in school, all living in the South. The judge lives on Lake Jackson, putters about his ten acres, plays bridge, and in the fall has a reserved seat at Florida State University football games. Carswell's defenders wonder if, once removed from this parochial atmosphere and faced...
...worst, they let me escape the guilt of my own elitism. Isolated sojourns into political activism convince me that I am a bona fide "radical," constantly demonstrating my willingness to forego middle class affluence. Armed with that self-image, I can indulge myself with all kinds of goodies when I'm off-duty, and call every working man's sneer that comes my way an offspring of "false consciousness." Whenever this happens, a little introspection provides a plausible (and comparatively mundane) explanation of a working-man's hatred. One might even call it "logical...
Ferner, a junior, won class B with jumps of 154 and 144 feet. His third leap-146 feet-on the 50-meter hill gave him a total of 208.6 points, enough to win the trophy, which goes to the jumper with the highest point total among the top six competitors...
...late December at Lyndonville, Vt., Ferner easily won class B. and, as a result. was invited to the national training camp at Lake Placid...