Word: hitches
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While they wait for the others to arrive, a hitch develops in the evening's party plans. Alan, a straight friend from Michael's college days, calls up and insists on coming over. Alan does not know that his old school chum is a homosexual, and Michael does not particularly want Alan to be confronted with this piece of news now. (As he says, "Alan looks down on people in the theatre -so what you think he'll feel about this freak show I've got booked for dinner...
...Hair incorporated Poor Richard's Church under a California charter without a hitch. The church is located in a cluttered wooden house in Austin, Texas. While Mrs. O'Hair holds down the "bishop's" job, her "divinely inspired" husband will double as the "prophet" in residence. Poor Richard's Church will even canonize its own saints: Mark Twain, Mme. Curie, Albert Einstein and other luminaries...
...rare treat is in store for North Viet Nam's citizens when the lunar year 4668 begins next month-a 1½-day holiday. Even so, there is a hitch. To compensate for time lost, all workers have been ordered to report for duty the following Sunday, which is normally a day off. In the end, the Tet "holiday" will amount to no more than half a day. The curtailed celebration may be symbolic of Hanoi's troubles as it prepares to wind up the Year of the Rooster and begin the Year of the Dog. Nevertheless, North...