Word: florida
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...Florida...
...idea was a smash hit with the parishioners, many of whom consider themselves too old to take strong drink comfortably in a public place of young guzzlers. Widows-any South Florida parish embraces a preponderant number of widows-were particularly fond of the notion. Even the Archbishop of Miami, the Most Rev. Edward McCarthy, went along. "It seems to me," he wrote Reynolds, "you are pioneering in something that may prove very effective pastorally...
...catch of about 1,200 lbs. But this season is a disaster because the crop was killed off by a cold snap in December. Last week the nets were pulling in a disappointing 500 lbs. or less. For hundreds of fisher men in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida who make their living from shrimp the dismal catch has brought severe financial strains. Many fear foreclosure on their boats and homes. Says Leonard Crosby, president of the Bryan County (Ga.) Fishermen's Cooperative: "It's the worst I've seen in my 16 years as a fisherman...
While upsets tend to astound every season, few upstarts in the past have shown the flair of modest Syracuse, which was shut out by both Rutgers and Florida but shut down mammoth Nebraska in between. Also familiar is the critical call missed by the harried field judge, yet how often are apologies telephoned to the slighted coach? Two days after being tied by Texas, Oklahoma's Barry Switzer heard last week from the supervisor of officials that, as a matter of fact, there had been an interception in the end zone on the play prior to the Longhorns...
Although Gates identified several of those arrested as associates of crime families in New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Florida, he said the effort to take over the bookmaking was not controlled by those families...