Word: closers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When he saw a pretty girl, he surveyed her expertly and sometimes invoked presidential political privilege and shook hands, lingering a moment or two for closer inspection. "I never cared much for El Morocco and nightclub life," he said about his salad days. "Just give me a beach and a girl any time." After he had called the big steel executives s.o.b.s in 1962, he was asked how come he had violated his own rule against indulgence in anger. "Because it felt so good," he said, grinning...
Frank Gerold, a member of Winthrop's soccer team, commented yesterday, "I feel closer to the Winthrop soccer players than I did to J.V. and varsity players last year. Everybody gets a chance to play and there are no real stars. I hadn't met a lot of these guys before the season and it's been very friendly...
Watergate was doubtless on the minds of voters who gave Democratic former Judge Brendan T. Byrne a landslide victory over Republican Representative Charles W. Sandman Jr. in the New Jersey gubernatorial election. But then there had been considerable scandal closer to home: in the past three years, 78 public officeholders have been indicted by federal grand juries in New Jersey. Sandman, moreover, stood at the far right of the party and admitted: "Watergate didn't help us, Vice President Agnew didn't help us. But I blame nobody but myself. It could be that [the party] didn...
...campaign was noteworthy for its lack of issues. None of the other candidates could get any closer to the center than former Teacher and Public Accountant Beame, who hugged it for dear life. Republican Candidate John Marchi dropped his scholarly stance to denounce the courts for letting off violent criminals, but Beame could hardly be accused of being soft on crime. Al Blumenthal, the Liberal Party candidate, could not make much headway in a year when his supporters were tired and divided; Conservative Mario Biaggi, one of the most decorated cops in city history, was destined to finish last after...
...modern subdivisions. Be sure to stand at the window in the front of the train next to the engineer's compartment so you can look right out on the tracks. You can chart rising land values by looking at how close new subdivisions come to the trestle--the closer the homes, the more expensive the lots are for the builder. The trestle height offers excellent views of North Church, North Station and the Prudential development...