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...Republican Robert Dole and other treaty opponents, the two-day session attracted as many as 70 Senators, practically a mob in Capitol Hill terms. But when the doors reopened at midweek, after 14 hours of testimony and discussion, the great drug drama turned out to be something of a bust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Drug Debate: A Bust | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

...grow up to be lawyers and doctors and such"), you know this album is going to have some punch and humor. The crazy, whining guitars on "Mamas" come back for an encore in "I Can Get Off On You," perhaps a slight stab at Waylon's Nashville coke bust last fall, and a general paean to the powers of love...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: Waylon, Willie and Hank Jr. | 3/3/1978 | See Source »

...inside or outside of the sect can remember why or how Gibbs became their greater godhead, except to recall that the only existing statue of Gibbs is a bust. However, some have speculated that this small group chose Gibbs on account of his small achievements...

Author: By Steven A. Wasserman, | Title: Gibbs Day: A Festival of Pseudoscience | 3/1/1978 | See Source »

Among the distinguished members of the Gibbs Society taking part at this year's 150th anniversary of Gibbs's birth were Nobel Laureate William N. Lipscomb, Lawrence Professor of Chemistry, who crowned the noble bronze bust of Gibbs, and George Kistiakowsky, Lawrence Professor of Chemistry Emeritus and former National Science Advisor. Kistiakowsky's dog, a Welsh Corgi named Nikki, gave a speech describing his encounters with Checkers during Kistiakowsky's tenure in the Eisenhower administration. Many Gibbsians believe that Nikki is actually the reincarnation of Darwin's Beagle...

Author: By Steven A. Wasserman, | Title: Gibbs Day: A Festival of Pseudoscience | 3/1/1978 | See Source »

...These guys bust their butts with little reward, but as the program gains more meets, hopefully more like this one (the GBC) will be held, so they can prove themselves," Berizzi concluded...

Author: By Theodore S. Chandler, | Title: JV Swimmers Outlast Tufts, MIT; Take GBC's | 2/15/1978 | See Source »

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