Word: gripped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...near a disco-théque in the borough of Queens and firing four shots from his .44-caliber Charter Arms "Bulldog." Though Judy Placido, 17, and Salvatore Lupo, 20, his tenth and eleventh victims, were wounded, both miraculously survived. But the latest, and most publicized, attack tightened the grip of fear on neighborhoods in Queens and in The Bronx, where the bizarre, psychopathic killer has chosen his targets...
Park and his team lost their grip in the second game, however, as Yale utilized Harvard starter Jamie Werly's wildness to score three quick runs. The Bulldogs added two more for a 5-1 lead by the sixth inning. But Crimson bats came alive in the home half of the sixth, which eventually found Harvard with the bases loaded, one out, and two runs behind...
...tightness of his grip on the Pentagon tiller is most evident in his dealings with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and its outspoken and sometimes ill-spoken chairman, Air Force General George Brown (no kin). Says Secretary Brown: "I've known the chairman for 16 years; there are generals who were captains when I first met them. That gives me a certain personal rapport." But the brass finds him a hard man to persuade. Says an aide: "He's not just an umpire in the building. He reaches down into the process and shapes policy at all levels...
...Anthony ("Big Tuna") Accardo, 71. He spends most of his time at his $126,000 condominium in Palm Springs, leaving day-to-day operations in the hands of Underboss Joseph Aiuppa, 69, nicknamed "Doves" because he once slaughtered hundreds of the birds while hunting in Kansas. But Aiuppa's grip is shaky?some authorities say he has no executive ability?and eager young thugs are on the warpath against the old guard. So far, they have not gone after Accardo or Aiuppa but have settled for promotion by gunfire to the Outfit's middle and upper echelons...
...must be taken seriously. Says a top presidential adviser: "The President is acutely conscious that there are plenty of uncertainties and even worries about him in Europe. I think he will impress them as a pragmatist, not a moralist, and as a guy who's got a firm grip on the problems." Fuel Sales. Carter arrives bolstered by firm public support at home. A New York Times/CBS News survey last week showed that he had a 64% favorable rating after announcing his energy program. That was a drop of eight points from a Gallup poll earlier in April...