Word: crashing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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July 17. Ulasewicz delivered approximately $40,000 in cash to Howard Hunt's wife Dorothy at Washington National Airport. (She later died in a crash of a commercial plane, carrying $10,000 in cash at the time...
Colker said yesterday that the gymnastics facilities in Hemenway Gym are "inadequate," and that more chalk for the gymnasts' hands and a crash mat are needed. However, he said the main problem is the lack of a coach...
Frazier wastes no sympathy on what he might call the Great Sartorially Unwashed: those who wear double-knit suits off the rack and monograms, which he regards as "manifestations of insecurity." He devoted an entire column recently to upbraiding a Los Angeles physician who had tried to crash Boston's proper Ritz bar in a Cardin turtleneck. A city councilor, Albert ("Dapper") O'Neil, has filed suit against him for $1 million because of Frazier's gibes at the crease in O'Neil's trousers...
...Bing, a resourceful administrator but one often resented for his peremptory ways. Though he spent money lavishly, he is undeniably looking better and better as he recedes from view. His successor, Goren Gentele, came from the state-subsidized Royal Opera House in Stockholm. Gentele was killed in a car crash only 18 days after he took over. His most tangible legacy was the appointment of the first music director in the Met's 90-year history, Czech-born Conductor Rafael Kubelik. It is an indication of the deep trouble at the Met these days that Kubelik resigned under pressure...
...down to Sopotnick's, a Polish establishment on Rte. 415 a few miles past Kenny's house. Local boys like Kenny and Rick Stacy and Danny Newton pronounce it "spudnick's." While both young and old like the place now, it used to be a rough spot to crash if you were a longhair, that is, until Kenny and his friends started drinking and playing a little pool there after working on their land. Now the jukebox has a mixture of country and rock music, a lot of it with country roots. Danny takes credit for adding the rock music...