Word: chicagoan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Such vigor dispelled any White House qualms about Klutznick's age. Indeed, the Chicagoan insists that it was he who first brought it up. Says he with a laugh: "If they think I'm competent, who am I to deny...
...head sports the pagan curls of a young Harpo Marx, and his face and body quiver with some of the same nutty, berserk humor. But native Chicagoan Stephen Wade, 26, has a great deal more to offer than that...
...funny thing happened on her way to the office. Every Chicagoan knew she was going to win. But nobody suspected the size of the majority that tough Democrat Jane Byrne, 44, was going to roll up over a weak Republican to become the Second City's first lady. When the votes were counted, Byrne had 82.1% of the vote-the biggest landslide in Chicago history. The political heirs of the late Richard J. Daley were impressed. "A gracious woman . . . a young woman ... a girl," stammered Cook County Democratic Leader George Dunne, searching for a handle. Sun-Times Columnist Mike...
Dales' debacle typified the costliness of a missed shot on MacDonald's course, with its majestic swales and elevated greens ringed by bunkers. MacDonald, a Chicagoan who was introduced to golf when his father sent him to study at St. Andrews University in Scotland in 1872, set the standard for American golf course architecture...
...Chicagoan, who requests anonymity because he works for Allstate Insurance Co., reports: "After an 18-year accident-free driving record, I put in my first claim this winter, for $350. I was not at fault; someone skidded into me on the ice. Now my insurance company [not Allstate] is going to increase my premium...