Word: foulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...office of Fiscal Services has stopped charging late registration fees this semester because of foul-ups in its new billing system that made it impossible for some students to register on time...
Blaise is pompous, and a bit of a charlatan. His personal life is grotesque as the novel begins and rapidly grows more so. His trustful, loving wife Harriet, by whom he has a teen-age son, at first knows nothing of foul-tempered Emily, his mistress of nine years, nor of Luca, Emily's eight-year-old son by Blaise. He swindles time to visit Emily by saying that he is visiting a difficult nocturnal patient named Magnus Bowles...
...Yankees made similar advances in the fourth against Cleveland hurler Bruce Ellingson, 1-1. Elliott Maddox walked with none out, went to second on a Murcer single, then to third on a long foul pop by Lou Piniella. Thurman Munson sacrificed him home to tie the game...
...glitter and gold, pathos and drama, tragedy and comedy that have enveloped the events of the past month, the presidency has taken on a color that in the past was found only in places such as bars and brothels. The deep wrinkles of a drunkard's face, the foul language of a brawny bartender, the sad eyes of a wasted whore are replaced by the president's level gaze, by the only glimmer from the chandeliers in the inaugural hall, by Martin Lefkowitz as the munches on a chicken wing in a park outside the White House, muttering, "Yep, Ford...
...team also ruled out his brother Tommie, 34, manager of Atlanta's AA team in Savannah, now in a tight minor league pennant race. Braves General Manager Eddie Robinson said, "It would be unfair to take Tommie out of Savannah at this tune." Hank again cried foul: Were the Braves more worried about the minors' pennant race than Atlanta's managerial situation? And as for Tommie, "I'm sure he doesn't want to stay in the minor leagues for the rest of his life and rot away," said Hank...