Word: armed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first arm to rise would belong to Ernestine, the Mussolini of the switchboard. "This is the telephone company," she might announce. "We are not subject to city, state or federal legislation. We are omnipotent." Or: "Here at the telephone company we handle 84 billion calls a year, serving everyone from Presidents and kings to the scum of the earth...
...BEFORE what turned out to be E. Power Biggs's last major public appearance, the 69-year-old organist fell and broke his right arm. Biggs's physician told him that in order for the bone to heal properly, he would have to forego the next day's solo performance with the Boston Pops, so that the cast could dry and set properly. But Biggs chose to neglect his health, rather than his art. The next day at Symphony Hall, Biggs positioned the organ so that no one would be able to witness the incredible feat that was to follow...
...sooner is an interception thrown, a lay-up missed, a touchdown pass dropped or a home run hit than the screams of a fix come pouring out from the spectators and arm-chair quarterbacks. And any bettor worth his weight can give you scores of "positive" examples of fixed games. (Call me, I've got some beauties...
...Cuba, Cuba, Cuba! The question is always Cuba, not the military might of the West behind South Africa. No African country or combination of African countries could be a military threat to South Africa. Yet France and others continue to arm South Africa. Why is the U.S. so worried about tiny Cuba? Or is Cuba being used as a cover-up to arm South Africa? I tell you, brother, if South Africa uses its army to prevent Rhodesia from becoming free, then we have the right to ask for support from anywhereelse-and from much bigger powers than Cuba...
...Wildcats, with 4:20 remaining in the third again stormed back. Crowder bombed a 35-footer off Napier's arm. Only ten seconds later, Cox banged in the tying goal. UNH's Miller hit the post on a deflection minutes later as the Wildcats had several chances to win it in the last minute of the third...