Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Throughout the testimony, Melba Allen, immaculately coiffed in spit curls and a Grecian wiglet, sat impassively, toying with a ballpoint pen and whispering occasionally to her four lawyers. Only once did she break down, during a parade of 24 character witnesses, including old friends, her preacher and Governor George Wallace, who attested to her "good" reputation. Nonetheless, the jury needed only 45 minutes to find her guilty as charged. When sentenced next week, she faces up to 20 years in prison and $20,000 in fines...
...fanatically partisan fans of Britain's four national teams (representing England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales) have all turned Scottish for a month, since the Highlanders are the only United Kingdom squad in the Cup finals. At Westminster, M.P.s were forced to break with a tradition of holding parliamentary by-elections on Thursdays, when one at Hamilton, near Glasgow, conflicted with World Cup opening ceremonies. Faced with a $2,500 airfare to Argentina, a number of frugal Scottish supporters flew to New York City and hitchhiked south, and at least two made the trip on bicycles...
McEnroe put Sadri back against the wall by taking 7-6 decisions in the first two sets, but the North Carolinian picked up one service break to polish off the third set, 7-5, and pull within a set of McEnroe...
After a clean break, Cauthen dropped Affirmed into second place, waiting for Believe It, third in the Kentucky Derby, to lead the way. When Believe It hung back, Cauthen moved to the front. With stopwatch precision, he then cut the pace, lulling the field into marching to his drumbeat. Affirmed ran the first half-mile in a plater-slow 47 3/5 sec., Cauthen actually managing to rate, or husband, his horse while loping on the lead. Thus, when Jorge Velasquez pushed Calumet Farm's Alydar into his stretch surge, Affirmed was rested and ready to run. Said Cauthen simply...
...dying woman lock themselves up in a wine cellar she had converted into her "Jewish hideaway" so she could die there rather than in a hospital; she does. Momo doesn't eat and leaves only once during the three weeks he stays with the body. Firemen break through the cellar door and discover both the body and Momo. They also find Madame Nadine's number in his pocket and call...