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Thus Beverlee Manley, an analyst for an assembly committee, does not al low her lobbyist husband to buy her din ner. There is some doubt that Sarah Michael, a consultant for another committee, could legally accept an engagement ring from Bernie Mikell, her boy friend, since he works as a lobbyist for the California Savings and Loan League. The state's assemblymen have sworn off the free orange juice, dough nuts, ice cream and milk that traditionally have been donated by outside interests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Squirrelly Days in Sacramento | 2/10/1975 | See Source »

...seat Gallagher Hall-named after former O.S.U. Wrestling Coach Edward Clark Gallagher, father of the modern college sport. Once the Cowboys were introduced and started whipping their opponents, the chanting crowd exploded. Right through the final contest between 290-lb. Freshman Jimmy Jackson and his 330-lb. opponent, the din was deafening. Clearly, no one in Stillwater will settle for O.S.U.'s championship total staying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Grappler Dynasty | 2/10/1975 | See Source »

...entrance to the city, with little children playing soldiers on them. In a building still blackened from being burned out, a baker pulls trays of flat bread out of the makeshift oven, while a shop opened beneath twisted iron shutters offers transistors and domestic appliances. Above the din of the crowd, there is the hum of bulldozers and the clatter of sledgehammers as workers battle to clear the debris of hopelessly damaged buildings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Salvaging Suez | 12/30/1974 | See Source »

...Din-dins, everyone!" First, imported sardines, then chicken croquettes in white wine sauce, with a few Yummies to follow. That's for Samantha. For Buddy, there are flamed medallion of beef and vitamin-enriched doughnuts. Carol's getting fruit treats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great American Animal Farm | 12/23/1974 | See Source »

...first thing one noticed upon entering Santiago in March 1972 was the omnipresent political graffiti. It was as if every vertical space had grown its own slogan. The walls sliding by the bus window called out in a din of dripping reds and scrawled yellows "A People United Cannot be Defeated," "Vote for Popular Unity," "Che Lives," "Defeat Yanqui Imperialism." But there was a somber tone to the city that no amount of revolutionary prose could conceal. The Latin American autumn was quietly stealing the bright leaves away, leaving them in gray-brown piles that merged with the concrete sidewalks...

Author: By James Lemoyne, | Title: March 1972: Prelude to a Coup | 12/4/1974 | See Source »

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