Word: awols
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...between trains; they would eat dinner and continue on another train for Trenton, then take the bus to Fort Dix. Trenton, New York? David' wanted to know; Trenton, New Jersey, Tom said. Chuck said that he was thinking about going to Fort Dix now, maybe he wouldn't go AWOL after all. Everyone said they thought that would be a good idea; David especially thought so and told Chuck about it. "Knows everything, that fucking kid," Tom said...
...said I did and then Chuck broke in and said that he was thinking about going AWOL again and Chris rolled his eyes and said just when they had a conversation going Chuck had to fuck it up again. Chris said that he used to use a lot of dope and that he quit and started getting into shape; he had been practicing karate for seven months now and he had enlisted for Korea, because there was a lot of karate there and did I know if that was true. I said I had heard that too and then...
...Usually a canny political fighter, San Francisco Mayor and Democratic Gubernatorial Hopeful Joseph Alioto, 58, has been floored-by his wife. Increasingly frustrated by Joe's passionate politicking, Angelina, 58, went AWOL in January because she felt abandoned when Joe left her in Palm Springs to resume his mayoral duties. After 16 days, Alioto finally announced her disappearance last week. Immediately, Angelina popped up in Santa Cruz on a tour of California missions, and fully exploited her tactical victory. Firmly holding Joe's hand in their San Francisco home, she complained to the press about a domestic credibility...
...case of Neil Simon, such tinkering may more accurately be described as an affectionate whim, an experimental doodle by a humorist who has chosen to go temporarily AWOL. He has taken some Chekhov short stories, and with a fond, undeviating respect, adapted them into a kind of narrative revue. The show is knit together by a commentator, "The Writer" (Christopher Plummer), who is made up to look very much like the great and good dramatist and doctor...
...September 1970 New York City Teacher Gary Ackerman asked the board of education for an unpaid paternity leave so that he could spend more time with his daughter Lauren, then ten months old. Turned down, he went AWOL from his job, with his wife Rita filed a complaint of discrimination with the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and sued the board in U.S. district court. Their argument: granting child-care leaves only to women is an invasion of privacy because it forces mothers to be housekeepers and child rearers and prevents husbands and wives from dividing up family responsibilities...