Word: copse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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"I didn't start out to reform the world," says Sally Stanford, 72. Just the opposite, in fact. In the '30s and '40s, she was a flamboyant San Francisco madam, running an opulent Nob Hill house (including a 9-ft. Roman bath) that had a clientele to...
The ECAC plunks this select breed of traffic cops on to inhospitable hardwood floors to oversee the rough and tumble of collegiate basketball, as they are buffeted up and down the court for 40 minutes by the breakneck action that dominates today's brand of play.
The men who metamorphose into traffic cops of the maelstrom in the foul land--known as slaughter alley--during the day labor at desk jobs and are often doctors, lawyers, and school teachers. There's a Jekyll and Hyde element deeply ingrained in officiating. "I'm always surprised at the...
Infusions of Sex. Only a year ago the network was reeling from a disastrous 1974 in which all but four of 16 shows flopped. 1975 looked no better. A corporate reshuffle, however, brought to the presidency Frederick S. Pierce, 42, a 20-year ABC veteran with a background in research...
For those crimes committed outside the offices, one objective of the Task Force is to decrease the response time--the time between a call for help and the cops' arrival at the scene. By patrolling the high crime areas at high-crime times, Murphy hopes that more criminals can be...