Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Agreement broke down over the choice of a presidential slate. One faction was led by another former Governor of Georgia, fast-talking, flamboyant Lester Maddox, 60, who charged that George Wallace had "joined the pointy-headed bureaucrats." John R. Rarick, 52, a former Louisiana Congressman who is anti-black and antiSemitic, headed up another. An articulate former New York judge, Robert Morris, 61, now president of the University of Piano in Texas, was the choice of the intellectuals, including William Rusher, publisher of National Review. Richard Viguerie, 42, a direct-mail specialist and publisher of Conservative Digest, was picked...
...vote in 1972 with former California Republican Congressman John Schmitz, a John Bircher, as its presidential candidate. It hopes to be on at least 30 state ballots this year. With its rigid platform and small following, however, it is hard to imagine the A.I.P. growing very fast, or very large...
Theresa Anne Knowlton, 18, an American girl, arrived in Bangkok last October with vague intentions of becoming a Buddhist nun. Shortly after her arrival, she met a fast-living young Frenchman by the name of Alain Gauthier and attended a party at his apartment, where he was heard to remark that it would be fun to take Theresa to the nearby beach resort of Pattaya. A few days later, on Oct. 18, Theresa's bikini-clad corpse was found at Pattaya. She had been drugged and buried in the sand...
...precisely sure of the reasons for the exurban increases, but there are some theories: rural and suburban police have improved crime reporting methods; youths in affluent suburbs are finding crime increasingly attractive; the nation's highway system has enabled criminals to become fast commuters...
...husband-player of as many sins as a bishop might curse with bell, book and candle. He is found guilty of coaching and poaching?i.e., taking shots from his wife's side of the court. Of preaching and reaching and teaching. Of cheating and bleating. Of serving too fast. Of serving too slow. Of hitting the ball right at his female opponent. Of not hitting the ball right at his female opponent. Of bad tennis, bad sportsmanship and, above all, a bad mouth. Women who attend Gallwey's classes have no trouble recognizing the angry voice of Self...