Word: hillings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...concession since one Democratic Senate candidate on whose behalf she came to Texas, Congressman Robert Krueger, has cast only a few more votes for the President's programs than has his opponent, G.O.P. Senator John Tower. But Krueger is friendlier than the Democratic candidate for Governor, John Hill, who refused to be even seen in public with Rosalynn. Earlier in the campaign, Hill's G.O.P. adversary, Drilling Contractor William Clements, had tossed a rubber chicken at him during a banquet with the warning: "I'm gonna hang the Carter Administration around Hill's neck like...
...eccentric Fenway Park. The seats so embrace the field that the fans literally feel the joy and agony of each play. The fans come in all shapes and classes. They talk about the same plays on assembly lines, in shipyards, at academic meetings, during black-tie dinners on Beacon Hill, and at the stately clubs. Yale President A. Bartlett Giamatti wears a Sox cap. Humberto Cardinal Medeiros asked how they were doing just before the papal conclave. Senator Edward Kennedy upon his return from Moscow discussed with House Speaker Tip O'Neill the Yankees' four-game "Boston Massacre...
...campaign that has attracted nation-wide attention because Noble herself is a lesbian, she has affirmed her abilities as a pragmatic, tough politician. As a state representative for Boston, Noble is a lot more liberal than most of Beacon Hill, but she has been willing to compromise on certain issues in order to be effective...
Cone Mills of Greensboro, N.C., the world's largest producer, now runs its denim looms only four days a week instead of six. J.P. Stevens shut down half the 565 looms at its denim-making factory in Rock Hill, S.C. Foreign manufacturers are in much worse shape; they jumped heavily into denim a few years back when sales of the U.S.-made original began to soar. Hong Kong turns out a fifth of the denim it once did, Mexico is down to one mill, and Venezuela is out of the business altogether...
What about songwriting? Brackman laughs and says the answer depends on how well the songs in King of Hearts are received. He talks about the beginning of his songwriting career: "I met Carly Simon teaching creative writing at a camp called Indian Hill. Carly was the folksinging/campfire counselor... so I just started writing songs for her." Those songs are among her biggest and certainly her most serious--including "Haven't Got Time for the Pain," "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be," and, on her latest album, "Let's Make Love for Old Time's Sake...