Word: armes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Clean Government) party, the political arm of the Buddhist Soka Gakkai (Value-Creation Society), which went from 25 to 47 seats. Komeito is building a growing following among blue-collar urban voters by mixing religion, show business and concern for close-to-home issues such as pollution and prices...
Trouble came when a local high-roller wagered $8,000 on a race at the Detroit Race Course. His horse won, and the payoff was supposed to be $46,600. When McLain failed to cough up the money, says SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, he was called before Tony Giacalone, strong-arm man for Detroit Cosa Nostra Boss Joe Zerilli. Tough Tony put his foot down-hard, right on McLain's toes. According to SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, Denny explained in one of several versions that he had dislocated his toes at home while chasing raccoons away from his garbage cans. At the time...
...refuses to respond, the same doctor sits on her stomach and shouts: "You're making the least progress of anyone here!" Then he soothes her in decidedly un-Freudian fashion. "When those voices tell you to do away with yourself, give them this." And he shows her the arm-and-finger gesture of contempt...
...each shoulder ("very lightly, thank goodness," he said later) from Queen Elizabeth II, who wore street clothes. "The Queen was absolutely charming," Coward told newsmen. "She always is. I've known her since she was a little girl." Then Sir Noel strolled off with a lady on each arm, wearing a rakishly tilted top hat and his new knighthood very lightly, thank goodness...
...courts of Los Angeles, Gonzalez trained little, feasted on tacos and beer, and whiled the nights away playing poker and snooker. On the court Gonzalez displayed the temperament of a tiger. He snarled at opponents, drilled balls at judges' heads, once even rushed into the seats to strong-arm a heckler...