Word: beating
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...these men are vaguely troubled as they watch the splintering of party authority, which has slowed the Government dramatically. Yet all see something good in their strong ties to home. How to harness this heart beat for the national good is the question that the experts have not answered. It is an old American dilemma. Good intentions have often caused us trouble before we have figured out how to manage them...
...longer, and so he is gone. I think he did the right thing for himself, if not for the Yanks. As for George, well, it is true that his dollars brought the Yankees back into contention. But now I would trade the great moments--Chambliss's homer to beat the Royals in '76, the fantastic ninth inning against the Royals to come form behind and move into the Series last year--for simple peace of mind. I wish now that Steinbrenner had bought the Cleveland Indians, as he had originally intended. I wish he had stocked, and then screwed...
...exposure to the rigors of a prospective career, Boston University's "Journalism in Jerusalem" program is hard to beat. During two months, 29 students are lectured on politics and history by Hebrew University faculty members, then tutored by Jerusalem Post staffers on news reporting. Their grades are partly based on the quality and number of stories they get published back home. Says Director Elaine Littell: "This program challenges the would-be journalist with almost every problem he is likely to encounter-language barriers, a volatile political system, some censorship, uneasy and unfriendly borders...
...time Holly meets his tragic end (leaving behind a nation of fans and a pregnant wife), the film could well be a remake of Night and Day or The Glenn Miller Story. Gittler has even more nostalgic affection for the gloss of "40s movies than he does for the beat of '50s music...
Walsh has decided that if he can't beat the system, he should join it: enrolled in a program for first offenders that could lead to dismissal of the charges, he has applied for welfare...