Word: carles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Byrne and Lynch face sentencing Jan. 6 on the extortion conviction, which they plan to appeal. Said Carl Vergari, the Westchester district attorney whose office prosecuted the kidnaping case: "I am going to recommend the maximum sentence to the judge"-15 years. Vergari does not suspect Sam Bronfman of involvement. He said flatly: "I am convinced that Lynch and Byrne are guilty. I wouldn't have tried them if I wasn't convinced." Nevertheless, in the minds of many people, a cloud of suspicion will inevitably linger over Sam Bronfman...
...certain power, he is certainly not the subtlest actor to crawl out from under Marlon's overcoat. But the picture goes most wrong in the conceit it employs to lift Rocky out of the clubs and into the big arena for his title challenge. An Ali-like champion (Carl Weathers) blows into town for a championship bout and must find a replacement for the suddenly injured contender. Rocky asks the audience to believe that the champ reaches down past all the ranked boxers and all the up-and-coming kids to give this stale ham-and-egger a chance...
Three of the defendants--Anthony B. Vaglica of Waltham, Carl Dixon of Jamaica Plain, and Louis R. Matha of Cambridge--received prison sentences ranging from 15 to 30 years. Maria Magna of Cambridge was convicted as an accomplice...
...when the 292-member House Democratic caucus meets to choose by secret ballot a new Speaker and majority leader. The current majority leader, Thomas ("Tip") O'Neill, 63, a big, tough-minded Boston liberal who is committed to Carter, is unopposed in his bid to succeed retiring Speaker Carl Albert of Oklahoma. By contrast, four candidates are in the race for the majority leader's position that O'Neill will be vacating...
...more relaxed mood seems to prevail even when the students head back to their books. "There just doesn't seem to be the same tension before hour exams--people don't sit around thinking a C on a mid-term is going to keep them out of law school," Carl F. Muller '73, a veteran proctor, notes...