Word: familiarity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...movement. Said Organizer Massad: "Some groups want an immediate, total shutdown of all nuclear plants. Some prefer a phase-out to reduce the economic shock, and others want a moratorium until future health and hazard studies are done." The most notable political figure among the demonstrators-and among such familiar protest figures as Jane Fonda,Tom Hayden,Dick Gregory and Bella Abzug-was California's Governor Jerry Brown, who called for a moratorium on new plants but not a shutdown of existing ones. Says he: "I'm at the forefront of the antinuclear movement...
...credit, though, Roberts has never stopped trying to get a little ink for himself, pleading time and time again over the years to put his name in the paper as the team's number one fan, or to quote him as manager. He became very familiar with the response, "Fat chance...
...More, Fiedler scarcely five months earlier had undergone massive brain surgery. The years and fears showed mainly in the fit of his bib: Fiedler ill had lost so much weight that Wife Ellen insisted on smaller tails from Brooks Brothers. Otherwise, things Pops-wise were the same, including a familiar hand-clapping, balloon-rising Stars and Stripes Forever finale...
Thomas still writes his monthly column, one job among many in his crowded professional life. He is a familiar figure in the halls at Sloan-Kettering, walking quickly, the tall figure canted slightly forward at the waist, his lab coat billowing out behind him, Groucho-style. He is on the run elsewhere as well, making frequent trips to Washington for committee work and to testify at congressional hearings, and to Cambridge, where he serves on the Harvard Board of Overseers. In his laboratory he continues experimenting, currently studying two microbes that lack cell walls and observing how they interact with...
...steps of Widener. The play originally satirized the moral corruption in Athens that resulted from the rise of the Sophists as the dominant philosophers of their day. Black Star, a group dedicated to achieving social change through drama, has updated the play and given it a more familiar setting. The Clouds now exposes the sophistry of the Harvard Administration, as exemplified by President Bok's open letters. Should anyone miss the point, the name of the hero has been changed from Sokrates to Bokrates...