Word: haile
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wahoo Sam, perhaps the game's greatest slugger before the advent of Tyrus Raymond Cobb, put it best when he said a few years ago, "And still they don't give him a tumble for the Hail of Fame. It's not right...
Most Secretaries of Transportation hail from states with urban rapid transit systems. Not Brock Adams, whose state of Washington has no doubt seen more people rolling logs down the Spokane River than cramming into a rush-hour subway. Nevertheless, Adams is reputed to know his stuff when it comes to transportation. Maybe that's why Carter chose...
...occasion indeed when a rock columnist can bury the hatchet-pen, and unequivocally sing the praises of a rising group with the potential for world-beating success. I sing today specifically of the Ramones, a neat, clean-cut group of young men--none could be more than 19--who hail from Forest Hills, New York. Forest Hills has spawned a great number of talented rock performers in its day--among them Sam the Sham and two of his Pharoahs, and two of the Four Seasons--but few of those people could boast the unique combination of sex appeal (good looks...
...ceremony in the White House East Room in which eight Cabinet members were sworn in, the Marine Band omitted the traditional ruffles and flourishes and Hail to the Chief, which Carter has banned as too regal. After introducing the men and women of his Cabinet, he underscored his intention of making them his primary advisers and giving them a free hand in running their departments. Said he: "There will never be an instance, while I am President, when the members of the White House staff dominate or act in a superior position to the members of our Cabinet...
...front of him was the Bible used for George Washington's swearing-in, open to the verse from the prophet Micah that Carter quoted moments later in his Inaugural Address. "Congratulations," murmured Burger after the oath. "Thank you," whispered Carter. The Marine Band struck up Hail to the Chief, Army troops fired 75-mm. howitzers from the Ellipse just off Capitol Hill in the traditional 21-gun salute, and Jimmy Carter was President...