Word: jonesism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Now the reclassification of gators as a threatened species has enabled Florida to hire trappers to thin them out in areas where they are causing serious problems. Even some conservationists support the trappers. Says Johnny Jones, executive director of the Florida Wildlife Association: "There are so many alligators that they...
Naomi James, 29, a native of New Zealand, made the voyage in 272 days aboard the Express Crusader, accompanied by her kitten Boris and a stack of Rod Stewart tape recordings. Upon hearing about her feat, Explorer Tristan Jones, who has circumnavigated the globe three times, urged club officials to...
"The people are up in arms," said Illinois Republican State Representative Don Totten. "They're telling government to stop and get out of our lives." Said Democratic Congressman Jim Jones of Oklahoma, who is trying to shepherd a $15 billion tax-cut program through the House: "Those middle-income folks...
Business could also expand employment, Jones believes, if the U.S. were not the most litigious society in history, if small groups of interveners could not so easily block plant construction and expansion. "There is something to the old tale that when there is one lawyer in town, he starves, but...
Reg Jones recalls the story that a century ago when GE Founder Thomas Edison was trying to introduce electricity in New York City, a band of protesters gathered in Central Park and every day they electrocuted a dog. They were trying to show that electricity is dangerous. What if, Jones...