Word: doggedly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lost the championship of Rhode Island two years running? When the the Pats lost to Miami, 52-0, I thought I could fix up a trade, me for John Mazur, but allthe Pats would offer was an autographed picture of Brian Dowling, two kicking tees, and a hot dog vendor to be named later. You don't suppose the Crimson touch football team could use a little coaching help? What the hell, you guys would win 23-2 even if your coaching staff consisted of George McGovern, John Yovicsin, and the general who told the Light Brigade to charge...
...much is a homeland worth-if you need to buy one? About $1,000,000 to onetime Miami Gambling Czar Meyer Lansky, 70. For two years Lansky has been trying to find a permanent sanctuary in Israel for himself, his ailing wife and his dog. The Israeli high court rejected Lansky's application for citizenship, and now the Interior Ministry has given him two weeks to get out. Since he faces prosecution for tax evasion and contempt if he returns to the U.S., Lansky is reported to be offering the million in cash, plus substantial investments, to any country...
...Australia, which was once so eager for U.S. investment that former Prime Minister John Gorton likened the country to "a dog lying on its back with its legs in the air waiting for its tummy to be tickled," fear of U.S. economic domination has become an issue in the campaign for national elections on Dec. 2. The ruling Liberals last month enacted legislation under which the government plans to stop acquisitions by foreign investors of a 15 % or larger voting interest in Australian companies that have assets of $1,000,000 or more. Agitation is high for still tougher measures...
EMERSON 105: The Sarogossn Manuscript, Fri., Sat., Sun., 8 p.m., $1.50 HARVARD EPWORTH CHURCH: George Landow's "Remedial Reading Comprehension" and Stan Brakhage's "Dog Star Man," tonight...
...White House has been, often as not, a doghouse, according to the Ladies' Home Journal. The November issue contains a lengthy report on canine activity under the mastership of Presidents since 1951. Dog Lover Traphes L. Bryant, retired kennel keeper of the White House, reports that presidential pups have relieved themselves on carpets, Calder sculptures and on one memorable occasion, Jacqueline Kennedy. Dwight D. Eisenhower's Weimaraner infuriated her short-tempered master by chasing his golf balls. John F. Kennedy soothed himself during the Cuban missile crisis by taking time out to pet his daughter Caroline...