Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...also the leading labor lawyer in the U.S., a man who has had a major voice in every significant labor-management decision of the past decade, but who has never been a legitimate member of a labor union. As Secretary of Labor, he may have to make some difficult decisions, such as enforcing Taft-Hartley injunctions in strikes and using his police powers under the Landrum-Griffin law. But Arthur Goldberg has a profound belief in the law-and he plans to enforce...
...behind them are the club owners themselves, notably John Perona of El Morocco, a proud, tough member of the 8,000,000, whose daytime chalk-stripe suits shine like awnings in the sun, and the Stork's Sherman Billingsley, who, like any nightclub snob, is forever practicing the difficult feat of looking down while looking...
Says Edward Gersh, dean of discipline at Jefferson Park Junior High School: "The boys we recommend to Jim are the ones that are rejected by other agencies. I call them Unreachables. When Jim first came here, he said he wanted to work with the most difficult kids we had. I thought he'd be spinning his wheels, but I underestimated him. He managed to reach them...
...first learned of Kayira's devotion last February when he sent a scholarship application from Kampala, Uganda. The school heard from him again this fall, when he sent a letter that began: "In October of the year of our Lord 1958, I began a journey-a long and difficult journey-a journey to glory or death." The letter went on to paint a picture of a youngster so hungry for a U.S. education that he had walked 2,500 miles across Africa to find one. This week Kayira and Skagit will see each other at last...
...Prinzmetal, is often accompanied by palpitation, faintness and fear of death and may be even more severe than classic angina. Seizures last from 45 seconds to more than 20 minutes, and often occur in remarkably regular cycles, perhaps at the same time each day. The condition is extremely difficult to diagnose. A physical examination reveals no abnormalities. An exercise tolerance test causes no pain. Results of laboratory tests are normal. Chest X rays and routine electrocardiograms give no indication of the disorder. Eventually, says Dr. Prinzmetal, "on repeated visits the suspicion grows that the patient's symptoms...