Word: houre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nearly an hour the nationalists hammered home the need for unity among independence supporters. The sympathetic audience interrupted frequently with bursts of applause. From the airport, the four nationalists proceeded to a nearby graveyard, where Lebrón threw herself on the grave of Pedro Albizu Campos, a nationalist leader who died in 1965 while the four were in prison...
After the examination, the doctors recommended that Begin restrict himself to a three-hour workday and try to rest as much as possible. They apparently feared that the medication that Begin takes for his heart condition has affected his body's ability to recover from the stroke. "I am concerned about Mr. Begin's health," said Dr. Fein, "but I admire his courage." Begin is now forced to spend far fewer hours in his office than any previous Israeli Premier. For Golda Meir and Yitzhak Rabin, 18-hour days were normal. By contrast, Begin usually arrives...
Occasionally Pavarotti will gather a few guests into his gray Mercedes for the two-hour drive to Modena. There, in the cobbled square in front of the city's handsome Romanesque cathedral, he is greeted familiarly as "Luciano" by seemingly hundreds of old friends and schoolmates, and as "Signor Tenore" by everyone else. His father, 65, still sings in the church choir and local chorus-and now enjoys the status of a recording artist, thanks to a few small roles on Pavarotti's albums. Both parents will join the Pavarotti ménage soon. Luciano plans to settle...
...side would discuss the noneconomic improvements or the size of the increases in the cost-of-living clause and pay rates. One unofficial estimate put the wage increase at between 9% and 12%. At present the combined basic wage rate for all classes of GM workers is $9 an hour; by the end of the contract period that could well have risen...
...book resembles what Didion tells us about herself. In the revealing and brilliant title essay, she describes a list of articles she packs when traveling. She meticulously follows the list, but always forgets her watch. She shamefacedly asks people for the time every half hour until she resorts to calling her husband at home. Her passion for asserting control, for putting things--and herself--in order is always foiled...