Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...paid much attention to Moon's smiling supporters when they were grossing more than $10 million a year peddling candy, flowers and ginseng tea on the sidewalk. But now that the Korean evangelist has sent his faithful into legitimate big business, both ordinary and powerful people are becoming concerned--not only with the validity of the Unification Church as a theological institution and its aims at world theocracy, but also with the legitimacy of its business practices. Indeed, the whole issue raises significant questions about the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of religion...
...kidding you, this was a big load off our backs," he added. "But the important issue is still that the Atomic Energy Act is unconstitutional and repressive...
House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill said he does not believe Kennedy will run against Carter, and Republican presidential candidate George Bush said Kennedy, because of his reputation as a big spender, will lose if he challenges the president...
...doubles team of Navratilova and Bill Scanlon, a young, scruffy competitor with a hot topspin forehand, had blown a big lead and trailed a pair of unknowns in the deciding set. The DC-9's and the 727's continued to thunder overhead, a loudspeaker bellowed incessantly ("The front exit is the ohnly exit available: please leave immediately"), and now they had run out of tennis balls. It was the end of a long day at U.S. Open. How dare they run out of balls on the two-time defending Wimbledon champion...
...very often, the most memorable moments occur not in big-name headline confrontations, but when chance and circumstance conspire to transform some obscure small-print battle into a struggle of Good and Evil...