Word: fours
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...HIGH CHAPARRAL (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). A camel? In High Chaparral country? Right. A sweet-talking Irish cavalry trooper, played by Frank Gorshin, sells the four-footed version of the Brooklyn Bridge to Uncle Buck, claiming the animal is expert at cattle herding. Uncle Buck buys both the story and the camel -hoof, line and stinker. Repeat...
...relapse after his wife, unaware that he had left his Bellboy in the car, drove off on a shopping trip. But of the original 40, including a telephone man who set up the beepers, 34 stuck it out until the system had cut them down to as few as four cigarettes a day. Some have even quit smoking altogether...
...white-haired gentleman greeting convention delegates in Dallas last week acted like a political candidate. Warren Burger, 61, joked with lawyers from all over the U.S.; he signed autographs, beamed for photographers and made five speeches in four days. One morning at a prayer breakfast, the new Chief Justice of the U.S. was moved by the singing of a Baptist youth choir. "How could anyone really worry about the young people of America," said Burger, "after witnessing what we have this morning...
...they say, there are some things that are inevitable -like death, taxes and retirement from professional sports. The elasticity is gone from my arm, and I haven't been able to throw a good fast ball all year. I couldn't stand to be a four-inning pitcher, and that's just about all I'm good for now." Appearing with Drysdale, Manager Walt Alston wept unashamedly. "I'm sure I owe as much to Drysdale," he said, "as I owe any individual on the Dodgers over the years...
When Mexico bought 66% of the Mexican affiliate of Pan American Sulphur Co. in 1967, Quintana was one of four businessmen invited to share 35% of the investment. Now that Mexico seeks to develop its own oil industry, Quintana is reaching out again. He will provide all the drilling equipment for the venture...