Word: busted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Wind, and marveled at the exotic headpiece that disguised Greta Garbo in Mata Hari. When she got to the cane Mae West leaned on in films like She Done Him Wrong, Mrs. Vreeland briskly struck down one of Hollywood's fondest delusions. "Mae had quite a small bust, you know; it was all done with corsets...
...than his 37 years. He won a New Hampshire seat, in a district with a big Republican registration edge, by hammering at economic issues. A former city and state prosecutor as well as an assistant state attorney general, D'Amours vowed to apply his legal skills' to "bust up the big oil companies" and the "giant corporations." He ran a low-budget campaign, downplaying his Democratic ties in edging out Chevrolet-Cadillac Dealer David Banks. He won despite the opposition of William Loeb's Manchester Union-Leader...
...Marge escape with the heroin, but when Converse gets home he walks into a trap. The thugs are not, as it happens, emissaries from the underworld but something worse: agents for a corrupt federal officer, bent on picking off the heroin for himself before staging a phony drug bust on Converse and his accomplices. The chase that follows is unforgettable...
Three weeks ago the team's situation became unsalvageable. With a 1-13 record, paid attendance averaging 7,500, compared with 50,000 paying to see the Lions, and a stack of unpaid bills, the franchise went bust. Not surprisingly, the players were furious. "I'd like to hang the owners by their thumbs," says Collins. "They're just 32 jerks who thought they'd be millionaires overnight. They only told us one truthful thing out of 50,000 lies. That was the fact that we were going bankrupt...
George L. Russell '75, the band's manager, said yesterday, "Like many other organizations, we depend heavily on alumni for support. The last reunion in 1969 was a bust, so we want to make this...