Word: georgias
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...failing to pay a fine for drinking in public. Hardwick's roommate, just arrived home, told the officers that Hardwick might be in his bedroom. The officers checked and found Hardwick with another man.) Although the prosecution dropped the sodomy charge, Hardwick sued for a ruling on Georgia's law that prohibits "any sex act involving the sex organs of one person and the mouth or anus of another" and provides a prison term of up to 20 years. The case reached the Supreme Court this spring. A Georgia assistant attorney general argued that a ruling protecting private homosexual...
...economically, a premise fraught with risk. A souped-up amusement park, Six Flags over Texas, and its spin-offs in Georgia, New Jersey and California have flourished, but many others have floundered. Freedomland U.S.A., a theme park in the Bronx, N.Y., devoted to American history and shaped like a map of the U.S., opened in 1960 and closed four years later at a loss of $20 million. Houston's Hanna-Barbera Land, a pizazzy play park for children, closed last September after two years. Half a dozen theme attractions, from Stars Hall of Fame to Circus World, have failed within...
...dialogue ("Go ahead; make my day!") and calls military uniforms "Pentagon wardrobe." The original make-my-day movie actor has been elected mayor of a town in California, while character actors from ultra-schlock TV shows (Love Boat, The Dukes of Hazzard) run for the House of Representatives (Iowa, Georgia...
...ball and bat. He was a natural athlete. Baseball was his calling; he was a centerfielder, a more compact, combative version of his idol, Joe DiMaggio. Cuomo was good enough for the Pittsburgh Pirates to sign him for a $2,000 bonus to play in their Class D Georgia-Florida League. A scouting report prepared at the time singled out Cuomo for his talent and his aggressiveness: "He is another who will run over you if you get in his way." Once, when a catcher muttered an ethnic insult, Cuomo turned and punched him in the face mask. Apart from...
...farmers, U.S. agricultural policy makes no sense these days. At a time when the Government is paying farmers about $2 billion a year to buy up surplus milk, Masstock International, an Irish dairy company, is receiving a federal tax break to construct a large dairy plant in Macon County, Georgia. Most of the funding for this project will come from $4.5 million in municipal bonds, which are exempt from federal taxes. The bonds were issued by Macon County officials, who hope to create new jobs in their area...