Word: alan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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OVER THE PAST ten months Massachusetts Governor Michael S. Dukakis has done what many political experts thought was impossible. He reconciled his administration and himself to the state legislative leadership, mollified the press, and convinced people he would be more than just a one term governor. State Sen. Alan Sisitsky, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a vocal Dukakis critic remarked last week that "conventional wisdom says he can not be defeated" for re-election...
...weekend began inauspiciously as two Harvard skiers who were counted on heavily skied below expectations in the Friday morning slalom. Eric Jewett took a spill and managed a 22nd place finish, while Alan Hale was disqualified for allegedly trying to ski through a pole he was supposed to go around. Bruce Ballantine also survived a fall to come in 26th...
...hawks on the Hill has stirred echoes of the recent fight the conservatives put up to block Carter's choice of Theodore Sorensen to head the CIA. Bul Warnke has the strong backing of the liberals, who failed to rally to the support of Sorensen. Democratic Whip Alan Cranston began leading the fight for Warnke's confirmation in the Senate, and Hubert Humphrey declared that the nominee "will be a tough negotiator. He's no patsy. He's no softy...
...Alan Bates put an angrier edge on Simon when he originated the part in London, but there is much to be said for the sweet slyness (and the dead eyes) of Courtenay's interpretation. He gets the same mileage out of Playwright Gray's powerfully witty lines, which are the source of Simon's charm. Their inventiveness and stylishness keep the other characters from flying out of his orbit while keeping audiences riveted in their seats and even caring about the s.o.b...
...same: know what you have, and use it. To properly manage the colony of 100 trillion brain, muscle and skin cells entrusted to you (more than all the people that will ever enrich the earth's soil) is a divine task, and the unique privilege of being human. Alan White...