Word: fashioned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Frank Sinatra had a beef with newsmen, he used to settle it with a punch in the nose, a volley of obscenities or a promise to jam a camera where the sun never shines. Now Sinatra has rejoined the fray in more orthodox and, just possibly, more effective fashion. He has endorsed an article critical of the press in Policy Review, published by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, and has mailed copies of the piece to the President, Congressmen, college journalism departments, publishers and columnists...
...second assumption is that the change from a white to a black dominated society will occur in a revolutionary fashion. Now, that assumption is subject to debate. Our natural desires and hopes as educated people who prefer to deal in concepts is that the inevitable change will be peaceful. Therefore, we think of innumerable plans, we look for any amount of improvement no matter how insignificant the number of individuals affected, to justify our hopes. Hence, we have the Sullivan principles. We also have Mr. Bok's letters. Both are premised on the hope that change will be peaceful. History...
...encouraging-enough fashion, the freshman lightweights led off with an upset win over Yale. The three-second victory brought a dock-side eruption from the crowd. It left the freshmen in delerium as they accepted the lightweight trophy amid a champagne shower that ended with everyone pulling each other into the lake--as the delighted crowd howled...
Streeter said he believes Johnson's proposed lawsuit may never be necessary. "The onus is now on the advisory committee to act in a fashion more sympathetic to the obvious views of the MIT community," he added...
...Trudeau convincingly won the Liberal Party leadership and proceeded to sweep the country in dynamic fashion. The Canadian media coined the phrase "Trudeaumania" to describe the prevalent attitude at the polls. Four years later, Trudeau's charisma failed to affect as many voters; seemingly unconvinced by the party's slogan, "The land is strong," the electorate gave Trudeau a tenuous minority government after the majority mandate of '68. Predictably, the weakened government fell in 1974, and things looked grim for the Liberals heading into the July election...