Word: flock
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...cards with appropriate illustrations for family and lovers, ministers and nuns, baby sitters and teachers, and homosexuals−both male and female. Beyond that, there are nuances to weigh. Should a card be heavily embossed, or wear what the card companies refer to as "flitter" (a grainy sparkle) or "flock" (a fuzzy felt)? And which is most appropriate: TO MY DOCTOR, TO A FINE DOCTOR, Or TO A WONDERFUL DOCTOR...
...fluty call of a curlew heralds the first light of dawn. A faraway widgeon whistles to its companions. A rid off in the dark shallows, a flock of shelduck guffaw at one another like wee-hour carousers wending their way home. MacKenzie Thorpe is in his natural habitat. He is guiding three "guns" across the desolate marshlands of Lincolnshire on England's east coast. Bowlegged and bearded, he creeps through the high grass like some hungry predator, his burly hulk seemingly impervious to the chill wind knifing off the North Sea. Climbing a creek bank, one of the hunters...
...even, on occasion, rather conflicting ideologies. "He had a good word to say for everyone who came down the pike," explained an admirer in discussing Cushing's mixed bag of enthusiasms. He was an early, lifelong member of the N.A.A.C.P., and the first Catholic prelate to urge his flock to attend Billy Graham's crusades. He could also praise the anti-Communism of the John Birch Society and write a glowing foreword to a book by the director of the Moral Re-Armament movement...
...only hope is the knowledge that the Father Dollards of this world, although still in the majority, are going to be overtaken by an enlightened clergy who are part of the 20th century and in tune with the needs of the flock...
More than Before. The movement for student involvement within the system has not been a total failure, however, and while there is no precise way of measuring its impact, there will be some. It will be felt unevenly, as students flock to prominent liberal candidates like Senator Charles Goodell and Representative Allard Lowenstein in New York and Senatorial Candidate Adlai Stevenson III in Illinois. Despite the drop in unrealistic enthusiasm, there seems little doubt that more students will be involved in party politics than ever before. At Cornell University, for instance, Government Professor Peter Sharfman says that without the recess...