Word: highlights
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Blue-Sky Manifesto. The week was not, however, a total loss. In New York, Organizer Bayard Rustin skillfully set about mobilizing marchers and money for the massive June 19th demonstration that is intended to highlight the demands of the poor; to ensure order, Rustin is arranging for nearly 1,500 black New York City policemen (known as "the Guardians") and firemen ("the Vulcans") to serve as marshals in Washington on the big day. On Capitol Hill, Abernathy and 20 sympathetic Congressmen agreed to set up six subcommittees that will seek legislation to aid the poverty-stricken. Among the measures that...
With the world in a turmoil of liberation movements, what woman would want to be in chains? A lot of women, that's who, and so chains are among the hottest fashion accessories of the year. In part, ropes and links of gold simply highlight the return of the waist. For some women, too, there seems to be satisfaction in once again playing the slave girl; for others, the fun is in sounding like a percussion section of the band. And never overlook the part played by envy: there had to be some way of one-upping all those...
...arms, danced and sang with rugged paratroopers wearing red berets and toting Uzi submachine guns. In the streets of Jerusalem, thousands of young sabras frolicked away the day and night to the hypnotic strains of the hora, then tumbled exhausted onto sidewalks and park grass to sleep. As the highlight of the biggest military parade in Israel's history, marking its 20th year as a nation, 30 Israeli jet fighters flashed across the blue heavens to form a giant, glistening Star of David...
...stopper, Humphrey has won Southern support with his firm stand on the war and with his frequent trips to Southern capitals in the last year. Last May, when Southern anger over the school desegregation guidelines was at its height. Humphrey visited the Southern governors to soothe their feelings. The highlight of this effort came in Georgia, where he put his arm around Lester Maddox and called him "a good Democrat...
...weeks later, in the Eastern Sprints, the dramatic highlight of the regular season occurred...