Word: counts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...retain the public's support. Warden Moore claims that we were forced into our cages on the afternoon of November 5th. That's a goddamn lie. We began a work strike at 8 A.M. that morning and we returned to our cages as we normally do for the noon count--we've been confined to these cages since that day but this was our decision. Moore claims that he had us confined due to sabotage and the alleged finding of a gun, also, he now raves about the possibility of a machine gun. He neglected to mention the fact that...
...among others, are close enough to Nixon's that the G.O.P. worries that he would poach on the President's constituency. Jackson agrees: "For every vote we would lose on the left we would effectively pick up two on the other side, because they would not only count for us but be taken away from Nixon...
...underground water seep out of the radioactive blast area? Not for several thousand years, says Dr. James Carothers, and AEC's scientific adviser on the island. As to Cannikin's effect on wildlife, the body count so far includes two sea otters, two seals, 13 birds of various species and an undetermined number of fish. In addition, one peregrine falcon nest and three eagle nests-all unoccupied-were destroyed when the ground heaved around them...
...Yorkers are disaster-prone, and they rather relish it. Muggings, burglaries, strikes and technological failures of all kinds form part of the daily news fare. A New Yorker would count the day lost if he could not regale an out-of-towner, or a friend, or himself, with some vivid tale of megalopolitan woe. The past master of this urban gallows humor is Neil Simon, and in The Prisoner of Second Avenue he has written his finest play since The Odd Couple...
...student wants to know, in light of the disillusionment of some supporters with his post-convention actions, if he can count on their help...