Word: edward
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...problem. On the one hand, the glut of celebrities in politics makes it unfair for competitors. Little Joe Kennedy is going to wipe out some very worthy opposition in the race for Tip O'Neill's seat. As was once said of Uncle Ted, if his name had been Edward Moore instead of Edward Moore Kennedy, he'd be at the back of the pack...
Several of the winners have made impressive contributions to public service. Edward Glauser, 22, of the University of South Florida, collected $500,000 worth of food and supplies for the victims of last November's volcanic eruption in Colombia and oversaw the delivery of the goods via van and aircraft. Michael Kujawski, 27, of Marquette University, last year became president of the local chapter of an organization that combats student alcoholism. Marylee James, 45, enrolled at Furman University, is a member of the Navy Reserve and an ex-nurse who counseled Viet Nam veterans before, she says, "it was chic...
Evangelist Jerry Falwell set up a toll-free telephone number a decade ago so followers could dial in to hear his inspirational messages and be massaged for donations. Things were heavenly until Atlanta's Edward Johnson, who holds a grudge against television evangelists, programmed his Atari to dial Falwell's number every 30 seconds. In December, Southern Bell got Johnson to deprogram his computer, but publicity over the incident inspired other Falwell foes to dial away. Among the harassers: homosexuals angered at Falwell's crusade against them. Some 25% of the 1 million toll-free calls a year were coming...
...East will jump from 28% to 40% by 1988 and that the region's economic growth will be a slow 1% to 2% a year. Oil producers, especially those with heavy foreign debts, may pick the U.S. as a worthy target. Writing in the current issue of Foreign Affairs, Edward Morse, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, maintains that the oil slump could further taint the attitudes of those countries "toward the West in general, and the U.S. in particular, provoking a likely nationalistic response based on a belief that Western governments somehow engineered the price collapse. It would...
...behavior. Thus the law applies to those involved in an interstate "enterprise" that engages more than once in ten years in criminal activities ranging from mail, wire and stock fraud to extortion and murder. While many smiled over the acronym's reference to Rico, the archetypal gangster played by Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar, federal prosecutors were slow to use the new legislation. But "since 1980 it's been used aggressively," says the delighted principal drafter, G. Robert Blakey, a Notre Dame law professor...