Word: generality
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...last week that his country was being attacked by "an imperialist Portuguese invasion," there were a few yawns and even some protests of "Not again!" Even so, the U.N. Security Council held an emergency session and decided to dispatch a five-man fact-finding team headed by a Nepalese general to look into the situation...
...date for the movie. Cassavetes quickly launched a counterassault. He and his co-stars would sneak out in the early hours of the morning and paste Husbands posters all over Manhattan. He organized his own preview screenings, angrily fired off lengthy letters to the chain of command and in general exhausted the entire executive branch of Columbia Pictures. Wearily, they finally backed...
...passes (530 out of 962 attempts) for 7,544 yds. and 52 touchdowns. His career mark of 7,887 yds. in total offense eclipsed by an astounding 1,319 yds. the N.C.A.A. record set last year by North Texas State's Steve Ramsey. A shrewd field general, Plunkett has a sharp eye for reading defenses, and his strapping size (6 ft. 3 in., 210 Ibs.) allows him to shake off tacklers as though they were so many rag dolls. "Plunkett is the best drop-back passer I've seen in college football," says U.C.L.A. Coach Tommy Prothro...
Died. Benjamin O. Davis Sr., 93, the first black general in the U.S. armed forces; of leukemia; in North Chicago, Ill. A Howard University dropout, Davis began his career in 1898 as a temporary first lieutenant in charge of a volunteer company in the Spanish-American War. He was a lieutenant colonel by 1920, but it was not until the 1940 presidential campaign that F.D.R. elevated the 63-year-old soldier to the rank of brigadier general. After serving as Eisenhower's special adviser on the problems of black soldiers in the European theater, Davis retired...
...Research and Policy Committee of the Council for Economic Development, a group of corporate chieftains and economists. The sponsorship of the report was as impressive as its precision. The C.E.D. recommendation was approved by 25 chairmen and other senior executives of major companies, including Jersey Standard, IBM, TWA, General Foods, Continental Can, Pillsbury and Federated Department Stores. These business leaders could do much to make or break a wage-price guidelines policy by cooperating with it or defying...