Word: conventioneers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sometimes Clarke's humor proves accessible only to sci-fi fans, as in his tongue-in-cheek query as to the current whereabouts of former colleague Ron Hubbard. "He was a damn good writer," Clarke says. "He could easily make ten cents a word today." For the uninitiated, L. Ron...
Andrus may get even more than he expects. Two weeks ago, hundreds of California farmers ringed the San Diego convention center, where the state Republican Party was holding its annual meeting, waving placards that read FAIRNESS FOR FARMERS and SAVE THE IMPERIAL VALLEY. As more than 50 huge tractors churned...
The CDC reported that at least twelve deaths at the Burlington hospital could be attributed to Legionnaires' disease. Officials suspected that the total number of people stricken by the baffling illness in Vermont over the past two months was at least 54-and most likely dozens more. That would...
He may be right. The CDC has now confirmed that 24 people have died of Legionnaires' disease in 19 states since the Philadelphia epidemic. It also suspects there may be as many as 2,000 undetected cases a year. Though scientists believe that the culprit is a slow-growing...
Last week's council vote showed a usual split: the three councilors running as part of liberal Cambridge Convention '77 and Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci vainly supported curbs on conversion, standing against the independent majority. David Clem, a renegade member of Cwmbridge Convention '75, proved to be the council's...