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A.T.C. concerns the living arrangement of three people-Earl, an alienated poseur; Laurie, a morbid bank teller; and Jake, a banal house painter and eater of grilled cheese. Earl has snuffed someone, so he is at the mercy of a mysterious Mr. White, the landlord who never comes on the stage. Laurie is Earl's former girlfriend--she is the only one who deals with Mr. White. Jake is a mass of muscle and simplicity, the common man who finds himself lost in the midst of this weirdness. Laurie works at the A.T.C.--American Trust Company--and the play...
Green also brought to the Phillies the Earl Weaver philosophy of playing every man on the roster. Philadelphia had traditionally played a stand-pat lineup, but Green used pinch hitters freely and was not loath to make late-inning defensive changes in his oversupply of high-priced stars...
...right to be warmly human. That is an irony we ordinary folk can hardly comprehend. Where was Sidey when Truman was trying to associate Henry Wallace with the Communists? We re-elected Harry in 1948; I predict we will re-elect Jimmy in 1980. He is one of us. Earl D. Martin Gloucester...
...would prohibit discrimination against homosexuals in jobs and housing. Voters in Eugene a year earlier vetoed a similar local ordinance 2 to 1. Fitzgerald also faults Weaver for having voted against most major defense appropriation bills during his six years in Congress. Former President Gerald Ford, his Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz and conservative retired Army Generals John Singlaub and Daniel Graham are making pilgrimages into the district on Fitzgerald's behalf. Polls show that Weaver still leads, but Fitzgerald has come out of the forest swinging and spending in a way that will ensure that the final outcome should...
...seems obsessed with certain villains, chiefly Richard Nixon and his Chief Justice, Warren Burger. Nixon, Douglas reports, was so vindictive that he denied a dying Earl Warren the use of Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Douglas scathingly describes Burger as Nixon's "hatchet man" on the court. Burger used to irritate Douglas, in fact, by ticking off all the liberal landmarks of the Warren Court that he wanted to reverse...