Word: brat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...began with all eight runners clustered in a pack, but after five or six laps turned into a four-man race between O'Neal, defending champ Brat Rowe. Sheehan, and Schuler. O'Neal and Rowe battled each other for the lead, but coming around the last turn Row elbowed O'Neal and was disqualified. Neither Sheeham nor Schuler could catch the due and the Crimson pair finished two steps behind...
These political skills seem to flow naturally from being what Baker calls a "congressional brat." His grandfather was a judge, his grandmother was a county sheriff, and both his father and stepmother served in Congress.* Baker's father sent his son the Congressional Record to read and, more important, introduced him to friends he made in Washington. Among them was the flamboyant Republican leader of the Senate, Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Baker married Dirksen's only child...
...Voters were uninspired by an old-style Washington insider who offered no stirring vision. Baker, who would probably be prime minister today if the U.S. had a parliamentary system of government, hopes to run for President again. Even those closest to the congressional brat from Hunts ville feel that his special blend of talents is best suited to the job he now holds. Says one of Baker's close friends: "If you're looking for a guy with a banner to lead the country, that's not him. He is a pro's pro. Howard...
...drydocked." That's the way the puts it. The navy brat, turned high school All American, turned Harvard swimming captain seems to have a cheerful way of saying everything. But, then, one must remember, Maureen Gildea has reason to be happy. She is near the end of a long, hard road back to health...
...work has finally paid off for Maureen Gildea. Coach Vicki Hays expects her to swim in the league championships next weekend. It's been a long, hard road back. But Maureen Gildea is no stranger to hard work, nor is she a stranger to long roads. When the Navy brat weighs anchor at the Ivies next weekend with a working knee, she can claim to have won her greatest victory...