Word: draggings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...will," Gacy told Prosecutor Kunkle. "The jury just did to me what I've been trying to do to myself for so many years." Judge Louis B. Garippo set the execution date for June 2, but there will be an automatic appeal under Illinois law. The case will drag on for months, if not years, and some cannot wait for it to end. "He killed my son and we're going to kill him," vowed Harold Piest, 46, the father of Gacy's last victim. "I'll go down and pull the switch myself if they...
...TOOK three hours to get to that change. Ah, Wilderness has a leisurely pace. We don't meet Richard's beloved (Marsha B. McCoy, in a charming cameo) until the final act. But though "Ah, Wilderness" dawdles, it doesn't drag. Skilfully plotted, the events--though tame--transpire quickly, with many rapid scene changes. The constant familial banter speeds up the action; Ah, Wilderness doesn't seem as long as it is. Indeed, Daniel Sherman even gets away with lengthening one scene, in a nice directorial touch. While the family at home worries aobut Richard's absence during his spree...
...order to cut down costs, airlines are now developing ingenious means of conserving fuel. Planes are flying higher, since the thinner air at lofty altitudes causes less drag, thus giving more miles to the gallon. At Eastern Air Lines "dog legs," or indirect routes to include out-of-the-way stopovers, have been eliminated. Heavy jet-fuel drinkers like the Boeing 707 are being phased out in favor of more abstemious planes, like the DC-10 or the 747. In order to cut 60 to 250 lbs. off a jet's weight, Eastern has even stripped the white paint...
Committee members are expected to drag the proposal off the shelf next week, and send a recommendation to the full House. But most analysts hesitate to say whether the committee (rumored to stand 23 to 20 against with 11 undecided) will approve the measure--or whether Carter will have to go back to the drawing board...
...from Angela Davis: "Let us then forge among ourselves and our movements an indivisible strength," to Phyllis Schlafly: "Why should we lower ourselves to 'equal right' when we already have the status of special privilege?" to Patti Smith: "As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag...