Word: guys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nowadays they talk about this guy named Sisyphus whose business it was to roll rocks up a hill. Sounds about as exciting as a weekend party at South House, huh? Well there's more. Every time he got the rock to the top of the hill it would roll back down and he'd have to start all over again...
Sisyphus isn't around anymore, but there's another guy pushing rocks up a hill. His name is Ed Ajootian and the symbol of his frustration is a 35-pound metal weight...
Spring is in the air. You can feel it. The sun is out. The Charles smells again. Wierdos fill the Square. Townies line Weeks bridge, asking forcefully for lunch money and beating each other bloody on Saturday nights. Best of all, the red-winged Guy Van Duser (guitar) and speckled Billy Novick (saxaphone, clarinet and penny whistle) will nest in the Winthrop JCR tomorrow night...
...market" is out there. Says Oakland Athletics Boss Charlie Finley: "I see where Bill Veeck [Chicago White Sox owner] is trying to get President Carter to throw out the first ball on opening day. Well, I'm trying to get Billy Carter. He's my kind of guy." Bantam Books rushed into print a collection of Billy's tell-it-like-it-is shots from the hip. An embarrassingly thin volume, Redneck Power: The Wit and Wisdom of Billy Carter sells for $1.50, yet went through its first printing of 210,000 within a week. Billy...
...realized that they faced a losing fight. The President invited the committee's Democrats to a White House breakfast (orange juice, Danish and coffee), but he too took a low-key approach. "There was no arm twisting whatever," reported Connecticut's William Cotter. Added Arkansas' Jim Guy Tucker: "He didn't press us to the wall or anything. He was very reasonable...