Word: hear
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...free love" was promoted with the argument "Whom does it hurt? It's fun, it's loving, and it doesn't harm anyone." Now in the '80's, we hear: "I must have my sexual freedom (read: irresponsibility) and my career, and I will kill...
...CONTRAS. At a University of Florida rally in Gainesville, students on the other side of the issue call the contras "freedom fighters" and cheer as Marcos Zeledon, a leader of those rebels, decries Nicaragua's Marxist-led Sandinista government. In Los Angeles a large crowd gathers to hear liberal Actor Ed Asner debate with Lewis Lehrman, a conservative activist. The subject: "Should the U.S. resume aid to the contras...
...that though Gammons' knowledge is appreciated, it sometimes appears in fatuous form. That Scipio Spinks was the college coach of current Sox pitcher Oil Can Boyd is neither an earth-shattering or particularly interesting revelation. Gammons' awkward prose and his tendency to repeat anecdotes (how many times must we hear that after clinching the American League pennant in '75, Sox manager Darrel Johnson drank whiskey with Oakland Athletic Joe Rudi rather than celebrating with his team?) do not help matters...
...then you hear another postmortem on the Bruins. Then a preview of the Celtics' playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Three sports, all raging at the same time. Something's wrong here...
...BETTER OR WORSE, the thousands that thronged the Yard two weeks ago to hear the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson speak proved that he has taken over the helm of the Black civil rights movement, a movement that was left captainless by the assassination of the late sixties. But what has happened to those of the old guard who were fortunate enough to survive the turbulence that claimed Martin Luthur King and Malcolm X? How have the two decades since those slayings changed their views and method? And what can Jackson-and anyone else seriously interested in the Black movement-learn...