Word: bridgeport
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...easy," said Joanne Lutz, a Bridgeport, Conn., housewife, after giving birth to her first child three years ago. "A few pushes and there he was." Her second delivery was not so simple. Mrs. Lutz had been in labor less than an hour, when monitors detected an irregular infant heartbeat and other signs of fetal distress. A difficult natural birth might have produced a brain-damaged or even stillborn baby. So her doctor promptly performed a caesarean section, safely lifting out a 6-lb. girl. Says Mrs. Lutz: "A scar is a small price to pay for a healthy baby...
Personal injury lawyers are beginning to fight back. Attorneys in New York and California have complained to the Federal Trade Commission, urging that corrective ads be ordered. Two weeks ago, Bridgeport, Conn., Lawyer Theodore Koskoff filed a lawsuit on behalf of four plaintiffs awaiting jury trials, charging the insurance companies with what amounts to jury tampering...
...Bridgeport, Conn...
...Brown 7-4-1 2. Vermont 11-2-1 3. Rhode Island 7-3-1 4. Boston University 9-5-2 5. UMass 7-4-0 6. Dartmouth 6-4-1 7. HARVARD 4-4-4 8. UConn 8-8-1 9. Yale 7-5-0 10. Bridgeport...
Capp, who grew up Dogpatch poor in New Haven and Bridgeport, Conn., originated Li'I Abner in 1934. It was the first humorous strip to attempt serious political satire and was an almost instant success, appearing in roughly 900 newspapers by the late 1960s. At his peak, Capp earned more than $500,000 a year from the strip and its numerous spinoffs, including a Broadway musical and two movies...