Word: counts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...jury in U.S. district court convicted Alderman Thomas Keane, 69, the machine's second most powerful mem ber, on 17 counts of mail fraud and one count of conspiracy in secret land deals...
...well he performs as Governor. His fellow Democrats have reservations about his style. "It's so cold," says one. "It makes me wonder how Jerry will react in terms of welfare mothers, of prison reform, of issues when it's not just theories but people that count...
...days demon strating for housing. Last week, after a delegation was rebuffed at city hall, they milled about the building, brandishing boards and iron bars, until carabinieri in riot gear drove them off. In the 19th century square where they jostled, the hero ic bronze statue of the "Green Count" of Savoy (a 14th century nobleman named Amadeo VI, whose sobriquet derives from his inevitable green jousting costume) had been draped with a new red flag. Beneath the statue of the count, a blonde girl frugged incongruously on the pedestal as the fighting rolled...
...have risen far faster than the consumer index as a whole in the past year. Rice is up 90%, sugar 132%, bread 27% and milk 20%. The aged on fixed incomes are often devastated. "I walk into the supermarket, pick up a few oranges and lemons-and then count my money to see if I have enough," says Leah Binder, a 72-year-old Los Angeles widow...
...seemed to have faded. Television Commentator Barbara Walters educated-and startled-her viewers by demonstrating a breast examination (fully clothed) on the Today show (see TELEVISION). Doctors' offices, hospitals and clinics found themselves inundated with requests for examinations. Telephone operators at the American Cancer Society in Manhattan lost count of the requests for information that poured into their switchboard...