Word: calling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...night." At 8:30 on any Tuesday, the M.C. at Bogart's can be found, microphone in hand, asking for help. What he needs are more volunteer boxers. "O.K., folks. We've got six fighters signed up. If you've got any friends, give them a call and get them down here." Seated just inside the door, a young woman asks all comers, "Are you going to box?" Spectators have to pay a $2 cover charge. Fighters who go three rounds get in free. And that rule about no T shirts or bare feet is waived...
...South Carolinians, concerned about keeping the state's AAA credit rating, will vote on whether to require the legislature to set aside 5% of each year's tax revenues for a reserve against debt. Proponents call the reserve, which would amount to about $63 million this year, a rainy-day fund, while opponents regard it as a slush fund that could be used by spendthrift legislators to underwrite pork-barrel public works projects. The proposition's chances are rated as a tossup...
...door guard loudly yells. Stratton enters so briskly that the men have time only to stand up. "What's this?" she demands, spotting a crumpled white towel tied to the end of a bed. A senior drill sergeant explains, "It's there so we know who to call...
Until two years ago, that is. It was then that the members of the Class of '80, as freshmen, elected the first undergraduate members to the committee. The Class of '81 followed suit last year, and the administration has renewed its call this fall with some hope that the decade-long upperclass boycott may be over...
Latest plans call for Carter to arrive at the rally at 4:10 p.m. from Hanscom Air Force Base, riding in a motorcade with senatorial candidate Paul Tsongas (D.-Mass.) and gubernatorial candidate Edward J. King, a White House spokesman said yesterday. An estimated 250,000 people are expected to attend the campaign rally, the Associated Press reported yesterday...