Word: hughe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Brooklyn Congressman Hugh L. Carey, 55, easily upset Howard J. Samuels, 54, in the race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Samuels, a millionaire manufacturer with an impressive public service record, was making his fourth try for the Governor's mansion and was so confident of victory that he had chartered a plane for a triumphant tour of the state. But Carey, a hearty, quick witted Irish politician, charged that Samuels, a four-time primary candidate, was "in bed with the bosses" and blitzed his rival with a series of television commercials that artfully plugged his New Deal concern...
...that Britain's economic situation will only get worse in the near future. Yet if another minority government is elected, it may not be able to impose the necessary stringent economic measures; hostility between Britain's classes could grow and create a political crisis. Trade Union Leader Hugh Scanlon has already warned that a vote against Labor is a "vote for industrial chaos this winter." Rightist groups led by retired military officers are organizing volunteers to keep essential services going if there are widespread strikes...
...night of August 15, two North Cambridge youths, one black and one white, died from gunshot wounds sustained in a neighborhood scuffle. Police arrested and charged a black resident, J. Hugh Price, with murder and manslaughter in the two deaths, but did not file charges against any other persons involved in the melee...
...metaphor was just as grisly but no more apt than Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott's claim that Nixon had been "hung" and need not be "drawn and quartered." The plain fact is that the former President's own tapes provide prima-facie evidence that he was a participant in the Watergate cover-up conspiracy for which his aides have been charged with crimes. It is on that basis that Nixon does indeed have "problems" with Jaworski...
...Discarded Older Woman" award was given to Ash Wednesday, the Elizabeth Taylor film of a middle-aged wife who undergoes a body-lift in order to keep her husband. Ad writers for National Airlines won a "Hall of Shame" award for their "Fly Me" campaign, and Playboy's Hugh Hefner, along with his competitors at Penthouse, Gallery and Viva, picked up a "Meat Market" prize for their role in "dehumanizing both women and men." The envelope, please...