Word: calling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rhodesian security also depends on an increasingly important pool of perhaps 40,000 white reservists. Now even men between 38 and 50 are liable for service in "Dad's Army," as it is jestingly known. The growing exodus of young men reluctant to fight means call-ups are becoming ever more frequent. To strengthen the forces, over 100 hardened professional soldiers, mostly British and American, have been recruited...
Incentive Payments. Records covering Stones' onetime association with the Pacific Coast Club-which has a roster that is a virtual roll call of American Olympians-have been subpoenaed. Stones denies any wrongdoing. Says he: "They're just after me because I've been in the papers more than anybody else." Still, the investigation is expected to spread to other prominent amateur athletes during the coming months, raising fears that the reputations-and perhaps the Olympic eligibility-of most world-class American track and field stars could be destroyed...
They may talk as they please about what they call pelf, And how one ought never to think of one's self, And how pleasures of thought surpass eating and drinking...
...still, whenever I appear They hoot at me and call me "Pig!" And that is why they do it, dear, Because I wear a yellow...
...Twins mounted a comeback in the bottom half of the inning, loading the bases with none out off starter Reggie Cleveland. At that point, though, manager Don Zimmer made the call for the fireman...