Word: handfuls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...entrance will do for American sports. League officials are reportedly preparing for a new era of "shuttle contract negotiations," but it's still unclear whether the pudgy diplomat will have much effect on soaring player contracts' (Henry has reportedly told NASL team owners that, "Lower salaries are at hand."). Sources in Washington, however, note that high positions in the NASL have often been viewed as stepping-stones to the U.S. Senate (admittedly only by people with extremely poor eyesight), and speculate that Henry might be trying to shore up his American sportsman image before challenging New York Sen. Jacob Javits...
Congressional aides estimate that both of these programs require an initial outlay of some $1.5 billion. After 1980, however, Carter's program would require little if any further funds. Tax credits, on the other hand, will drain an additional $5 billion by 1983. If Congress and the President are determined to spend this much money--the largest single financial aid to education bill in 20 years--then they might as well spend it right...
...That time did come, when my children had gone to school, that I just felt that horrible feeling inside. I was frightened. I mean, on the one hand I wanted to go, because I was always intimidated by the various people around me, but I was really frightened of going back to school. I was afraid of the responsibility, of what it would mean. But I also knew that at the same time there was something in me; I just didn't feel right about not doing anything, not achieving anything. So I took the plunge, and I applied...
They disallowed hand-checking on defense, experimented with a three-point field goal, added another referee, and tightened up rules on zone defenses. And Jesus, though they tried, the Nets were still bankrupt and Marvin Barnes only played when he felt like...
Cochran clearly has the most to gain by Evers's presence in the Senate race. Evers could draw enough votes away from Dantin to ruin Dantin's chances while still failing himself. This would hand the Senate spot to Cochran, who would then become the first Republican since Reconstruction to hold such a powerful political plum in Mississippi. Cochran resembles Dantin in many ways. Ideologically, the two are identical. Cochran, however, is the special pride and joy of Mississippi's powerful Country Club Set--a class of wealthy planters and businessmen who can usually fork out enough money to catapult...