Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When I look at this country, a modern-day Babylon that is fast approaching its twilight, and see it wallowing in decadence, corruption, immorality and banality, I am proud to realize that absolutely none of it is of my making...
Summertime-but for Jimmy Carter, the living wasn't easy. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt was arriving in Washington this week for some difficult talks, preceded by the news that Germany had agreed with France, Italy, Belgium and Holland to develop the fast-breeder nuclear reactor that Carter opposes. At home, American Jewish spokesmen continued to charge that Carter was coddling the Arabs. So the President found it prudent to meet with 53 American Jewish leaders and assure them in front of reporters that he wanted an Arab commitment to "full diplomatic relations" with Israel as part...
Closing In. Incredulous police strapped a tape recorder on Rothkopf's back and photographed him at half a dozen furtive meetings with Yarbrough, in an Austin motel room and various Houston parking lots and fast-food outlets. The tapes reveal a vengeful Yarbrough considering a murder contract on Bill Kemp, who had been given immunity from prosecution in return for testimony about Yarbrough's role in a 1974 fraud scheme. At the final meeting on June 10, however, Yarbrough turned cautious: "This is not the time to do it. The FBI is investigating me for all sorts...
...sneak the sunrise past a rooster." Says the New York Yankees' Catfish Hunter, who has been the premier pitcher of the American League since 21-year-old Carew was Rookie of the Year in 1967: "He has no weakness as a hitter. Pitch him inside, outside, high, low, fast stuff, breaking balls-anything you throw he can handle. He swings with the pitch; that's why he's so great. He has no holes...
...Field. Parking: easy. New close-in facility with 9,200 spaces. Flow Through: smooth. Sidewalk checkin. Insufficient baggage carts. Three terminals linked by five underground pedestrian tunnels (two longest have 255-ft. moving sidewalks), also by shuttle buses. Longest walk between entrance and plane: 1,800 ft. Baggage checkout: fast. Hotels/Motels: sufficient. At least twelve hotels within 10 min. of airport, the O'Hare Hilton reached by moving sidewalk. Amenities: ordinary. Comfortable boarding lounges. Adequate snack bars and coffee shops, some open 24 hr. Best restaurant: Seven Continents and good eating at O'Hare Hilton. Ten bars, closing...