Word: carolinian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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McEnroe put Sadri back against the wall by taking 7-6 decisions in the first two sets, but the North Carolinian picked up one service break to polish off the third set, 7-5, and pull within a set of McEnroe...
...figures in Chief Counsel, perhaps Ervin is the one most sympathetically portrayed. Dash sees the gentle North Carolinian as the one who always fought for the right way to press the investigation--Dash's--and the one who should be credited with its success. In the same way, if Chief Counsel succeeds at all, it is because of Ervin and the investigation, rather than Dash himself...
Died. Robert V. Moss Jr., 54, president of the 1.8 million-member United Church of Christ since 1969, and a leading advocate of liberal causes; of cancer; in Montclair, N.J. A native North Carolinian, Moss became one of the country's youngest divinity-school presidents when he took over the Lancaster (Pa.) Theological Seminary at the age of 35. He supported full participation by women in the ministry and, though one of his sons was wounded in Viet Nam, amnesty for war resisters...
...Southerners on the staff, the assignment had a personal meaning. Some had left the South to work in New York or in bureaus around the world, but, says Washington Correspondent Bonnie Angelo, a North Carolinian: "Southerners never really leave. There's always a cranny of their psyche that cherishes the soft-edged South...
Died. Benjamin M. McKelway, 80, editor of the Washington Star (1946-63); of kidney failure; in Washington, D.C. A soft-spoken North Carolinian, McKelway joined the Star as a reporter in 1921. As its editor he was a champion of civil rights, including the right of District of Columbia residents to vote. In 1957 he became the first non-publisher to be elected president of the Associated Press...