Word: ringed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...between 1960 and 1962, Col. Robert A. Bier, chief medical officer for the national Selective Service System, found that 382,000 (or 25.4%) were granted medical deferments. Chief causes were musculoskeletal complaints (14.9%) such as stiff arms, trick knees, flat feet or the loss of an index, middle or ring finger from at least the mid-portion (slicing off the first joint will not do). Cardiovascular diseases and psychiatric disorders-including homosexuality and bedwetting -each accounted for 11%. So did being 20% overweight or underweight. Bad eyesight claimed 6%, while 7,600 beat the system by being too tall...
Stokely's "black power" was in everyone's ears, and it maintained a radical ring for most--except perhaps for the few who took the time to read the book he co-authored with Charles V. Hamilton entitled Black Power. Stokely's vision as outlined in the book, is decidedly not a very radical one. Carmichael seems to see the black people of this country as being little different from traditional ethnic, immigrant groups. Thus, he would have the black people of America act as a disciplined interest group, to extract demands from the pluralistic society. This accomplished, he believes...
...third-floor of fice of the Pentagon's E-Ring could not have assumed command at a more critical juncture. As Clark McAdams Clifford, 61, was sworn in last week as the nation's ninth Secretary of Defense, succeeding Robert S. McNamara, the U.S. once again stood at a crossroads in Viet Nam-perhaps the most important one. And it is Clifford who, from the massive desk once owned by General of the Armies John ("Black Jack") Pershing, will play a major and possibly decisive role in determining which path the U.S. takes...
...thing that survived the Communists' Tet offensive largely intact was South Viet Nam's lively political arena. In the center ring, of course, President Nguyen Van Thieu and Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky continue to maneuver for paramount influence. But the Tet offensive seems to have injected a new sense of urgency, a readiness to ask hard questions and to accept some unpleasant answers, into the Saigon body politic. Many pro-government political leaders, as well as those who oppose the government, are displaying a fresh critical spirit that begins with the realization that the government...
...Pimentel, who had demanded a bigger share of the pot. Dancing and weaving, easily evading the champion's bull-like charges, Rose raked Harada with sharp jabs, floored him for an eight-count in the ninth round and outpointed him on the cards of the three ring officials, all of whom were Japanese...