Word: arena
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Boston's other division-leading squad, the Lobsters, won't be back home at Walter Brown Arena until Sunday, when they get to sink their claws into the Los Angeles Strings. No problem there, but the net-happy crustaceans had better stoke up on their drawn butter before facing red-hot Vitas ("Not a Social Disease") Gerulaitis, Billie Jean King and the rest of the New York Apples at home on Monday. The netpeople will get a rest after that, facing only lowly Seattle at home on Wednesday before heading down to Gotham for another match with the New Yorkers...
...Peters, at the Tufts Arena Theater, Medford. Call...
Ringlets, a straw hat, crimson satin bloomers-and sneakers. Midge Costanza knows how to dress for success. In fact, President Carter's aide stole the show last week at a fund raiser for the Women's National Democratic Club. The "political fashion show" at Washington's Arena Stage featured Caron Carter dressed as her mother-in-law and Louisiana Representative Lindy Boggs as Lady Bird Johnson. Costanza's role: Amelia Bloomer, the 19th century suffragist who, by defending women's pantaloons, gave bloomers their name. Costanza, whose office has just been moved to the White...
...assassination was mingled with relief that Italy had withstood such a tragic test. But at the same time, it became clear that Italy's long bout with political violence was far from over. Gunmen from the Red Brigades and members of other groups in Italy's crowded arena of militant radical factions shot and wounded seven victims in as many days...
...Wicker's daily columns, is honest, pertinent-and excruciatingly self-evident. After a long retelling of his experiences covering election campaigns, for instance, he concludes weakly that "in modern times, it seems to me, the so-called 'media'-television pre-eminent among them-provide the true arena of politics ... That is the fundamental reason for the decline of party in American politics." Such vintage bromides frequently obscure Wicker's talent for seeing the human cartoon and the irony that resides in American politics...