Word: doored
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bundy. She claimed to have seen him fleeing the sorority house after the murders. But she admitted that the intruder wore a stocking cap pulled down over his ears and that she saw him for only about three seconds and only in profile as he paused briefly at the door. In 3½ hours of grueling crossexamination, she also admitted that she had been at a drinking party that evening and was feeling unwell. However, last Friday Judge Edward Cowart ruled that her testimony could be used as evidence before the jury...
...subscribe before bookings close. Large-scale mailings are backed by telephone solicitations or offers of discounted tickets. In his book, Subscribe Now!, Newman offers "infantry tactics" for the "conversion of the single-ticket buyers." They include cocktail parties, the use of private Christmas card mailing lists and even door-to-door canvassing...
Last week's action, the second OPEC money grab in only three months, creates an official split in the cartel's price structure. After three days of closed-door bickering between avaricious hard-liners like Iran and Algeria and so-called moderates like Saudi Arabia and tiny Qatar, the cartel finally settled on its two-tier pricing "compromise." In theory, it would let members' consciences be their guide in deciding just how much money to charge-anywhere from $18 to $23.50 per bbl. In practice, the scheme seems little more than a device for institutionalizing chaos, which...
Twice he had told Jimmy Carter that he would not support the SALT II treaty unless it was amended. But the Carter Administration still thought that he would eventually change his mind. Last week, however, Senate Republican Leader Howard Baker Jr. seemed to slam the door on that possibility. At a packed Capitol Hill press conference, he announced bluntly: "I shall oppose the SALT treaty." It was a serious blow to the treaty's chances of being approved by the Senate...
High-powered, always on the prowl for trouble, Parker's tunes range from the slyly salacious (Black Honey, Back Door Love) to the wittily defiant (Back to School Days) and the nakedly personal (You Can't Be Too Strong, which concerns an abortion). In all, not suitable for an easy listen or a fast dance. "I know my music makes people nervous, that it's not what the average person likes to hear," Parker muses. "It's got blues, soul, a lot of different things in it." What gives the songs much of their spirit...