The sentence is fine ... except for the ending. It looks like they're connecting 1966 and Saturday. If you changed it to ... shed a tear Saturday during ... it would work better.
Too much: I was watching ESPN the other day, and four or five people used "at the end of the day", one after the other. I realize that it's a current buzz phrase, but it's used too often. Steve Young, a bright man and one of my favorite football players, uses it ad nauseum.
At the end of the day, I wish they'd shut up.
Word play: I just used the term "ad nauseum," so I decided to look it up. Ad nauseam is a Latin term used to describe an argument that has been continuing "to [the point of] nausea." Over and over and over and ...
Favorite quote: “If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing." - William Safire.
Question found online: If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP?
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