Word: heard
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gruesome photograph of the bodies of three Palestinian guerrillas [Oct. 11] and the general apathy in response to their summary trial and public hanging bring to mind what might have happened if this had been Israeli, not Syrian justice. Undoubtedly we would have heard cries of outrage from the Third World, accusations of barbarism from Moscow, criticism from Secretary-General Waldheim and perhaps even a muted protest from the Pope...
...Dole, Carter cited his running mate as the kind of person he would bring into Government if he wins. Carter said he was now more sure than ever that Mondale was "the best person qualified to be President if something should happen to me," and declared he had never heard Ford make a similar claim about Robert Dole. Ford defended Dole, who was in the audience with his wife. But, while he said Dole was "fully qualified" to be President, he did not claim that his running mate was the best qualified...
...meeting with Carter, six Catholic bishops said they were "disappointed" in his approach (they were "encouraged" by Ford's), and Carter-in one of the worst moments of his campaign-waffled. He said he was not necessarily opposed to all anti-abortion amendments, just the ones he had heard about so far. Carter soon reverted to his earlier anti-amendment position. He would not change his mind, he tells Catholic audiences, "just to win an election...
...country. Last week Woody Allen and Lauren Bacall went to Carter headquarters in New York for some ceremonial phone calling and picture taking. But the effect of the stars on the destiny of candidates is waning. Quipped one Ford worker in Maine: "The only actor we've heard who's doing anything is Ronald Reagan, and he's not coming here...
...case you were interested, Zappa's current favorite groups are Gentle Giant, Queen, ZZ Topand Lynyrd Skynyrd; he's never heard of Patti Smith; he thinks reggae music "ranks right up there with Bruce Springsteen interms of media hype"; and he says he likes to play in hockey rinks more than anywhere else ("They have a good sound...