Word: kept
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Maryland farmhouse of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd. Booth needed treatment for the broken leg he had sustained in his leap from Lincoln's box to the stage of Ford's Theater, and, as the familiar story goes, he gave Mudd a fictitious name and kept his face hidden behind a muffler and false beard. Still, Mudd was convicted as a conspirator in the assassination plot and sentenced to life imprisonment. Though he was pardoned in 1869 by President Andrew Johnson, the record of his conviction remained on the books at the time of his death...
...Please tell me what I can do about my son," the middle-aged woman pleaded, her eyes glistening. Eyes front, obviously touched, Lieut. General Leo E. Benade kept walking toward the door of the congressional hearing room where he had just testified. The woman continued: "He has been a deserter for six years in Sweden, and I cannot get anyone to talk to me. I have written to everybody, and nobody has any answers. All they tell me is, 'Produce the body, and we'll negotiate.' He wants to come home. Can you help?" As the general...
...accomplished in his first term of office just what he said he would. He has turned a $244 million budget deficit that he inherited from the Democrats into a substantial surplus, mainly by reducing spending, introducing tuition at state colleges, and increasing the sales tax. He also kept his campaign promise to set up one of the most active environmental agencies in the nation...
...having an announcement on lifting the oil embargo against the U.S. issued in Tripoli." Reportedly, the ministers nevertheless reached a compromise proposed by Algeria: the embargo will be lifted soon, but that decision will be reviewed in two months. If, in the Arab view, the U.S. has not kept up sufficient pressure on Israel to reach a settlement with Syria on troop pullbacks on the Golan Heights, the embargo could be resumed. Still, in view of Gaddafi's position, the ministers thought it the better part of valor not to announce that decision or indeed anything at all except...
...defending champion Baltimore Orioles, if they have a weakness, have kept it quiet through spring training. As usual, they have a power-packed lineup, solid defense and one of the best pitching staffs in baseball. Jim Palmer, the A.L.'s answer to Tom Seaver, is ably backed by Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar and Doyle Alexander...