Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...together and it just happened that we're all from Edmontion." Dea said. Despite its haphazard origins, the Edmonton Express is a tag that evokes the scoring chemistry and charisma of the immortal lines of hockey's heyday--Montreal's Punch Line, Toronto's Kid Line, Detroit's Production Line, Boston's Kraut Line, and New York's Gag Line...
...impact on many viewers. A handful of people, mostly teenagers, reacted violently. In Greenville, Miss., some white junior high school students taunted blacks: "You ol' slave, my granddaddy owned you once upon a time." Chanting "Roots, roots, roots," a gang of black toughs roughed up four white youths at Detroit's Ford High School. A well-to-do white woman in Atlanta voiced one fear: "I thought Roots was awful. The blacks were just getting settled down, and this will make them angry again." African History Professor John Henrik Clarke of New York's Hunter College was also concerned that...
...listening to radio broadcasts of sporting events. If a sport intrigued him (as nearly every one did, at some point) Plimpton got out there and started pitching. He turned on to football, and made a go at that. After an abortive period in the exhibition camp of the Detroit Lions, he turned on to golf, and made a tour. Then it was boxing. And then, baseball...
...sports fans, the big event is all NBA All-Star Game (Ch. 7, 1:45 p.m., Sun.), although if past years are any indication, this will bomb. Better to wait for the two Celtics games later in the week (vs. Detroit, Ch. 4, 7:30 p.m., Tues., and vs. Bullets...
...might also abandon its tradition of an exclusively male priesthood. Pope Paul VI chilled those hopes in 1975 when he declared that such a change would not be "in accordance with God's plan for his church." Nonetheless, delegations of U.S. Catholic priests, nuns and laity meeting in Detroit last October appealed publicly for the ordination of women priests. Last week the Vatican formally declared that no matter what other churches may do, the Roman Catholic Church "does not consider herself authorized to admit women to priestly ordination." The decision will endure through Paul's lifetime and probably...