Word: gone
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...saying that pretty soon Jimmy Carter had damn well better take hold of things." Some Democratic congressional leaders in particular warn that they have just about given up on the President. Says one top congressional insider, gloomier and grouchier than most: "The possibility of rapport is gone. Like a bad marriage, it's just gone sour beyond repair." Dissatisfaction and discouragement are showing up even inside the White House, with key staffers complaining about the sloppy way the Administration is being...
...Khmer Rouge looted things, such as watches and cameras, but they did not go on a rampage. They seemed disciplined. And at first, there was general jubilation among the city's terrified, exhausted and bewildered inhabitants. After all, the civil war seemed finally over, the Americans had gone, and order, everyone seemed to assume, would soon be graciously restored...
...Kite, the mayor of Heartland, explains that the idea of a second band worried everyone: "We didn't know how they would sound." Well, they sound all right, enough like the Beatles to be respectful, enough not like them to take note of the eleven years that have gone...
...used to play at Columbia University (right next-door to Carlin's neighborhood). We could go anywhere in Columbia in the underground passageways from 116th St. to 121st St. We had been in all the classrooms and laboratories, we had vandalized and stolen, we had also gone there with some respect sometimes, and watched classes and slide presentations...
Obviously, Billy Martin did not want to any longer, and so he is gone. I think he did the right thing for himself, if not for the Yanks. As for George, well, it is true that his dollars brought the Yankees back into contention. But now I would trade the great moments--Chambliss's homer to beat the Royals in '76, the fantastic ninth inning against the Royals to come form behind and move into the Series last year--for simple peace of mind. I wish now that Steinbrenner had bought the Cleveland Indians, as he had originally intended...