Word: kids
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that they all write out their reasons on a blackboard. One by one, they stood up and explained their votes. "I kept hearing 'Beyond a reasonable doubt, beyond a reasonable doubt,' " said Suzanne Sheldon, the writer, who had originally voted for conviction. "And I kept seeing that kid Charles looking up at me from the defendant's table with his big blue eyes. It tore me apart." The jurors sent out for sandwiches, and took a written ballot at 8:30 p.m. No more undecideds. Eight votes to acquit, four to convict. One of the four...
...favors a draft to beef up the armed forces. Selective Service officials say the main problem is youthful sloth. "There's a procrastination factor involved," says Assistant Director Brayton Harris. "I have a 17-year-old son, and I can't even get the kid to put out the trash on time." Others attribute it to ignorance. Since the passage of the new registration law (and a subsequent Supreme Court decision upholding the exemption of women), there has been little public discussion of the draft. Officials believe that many youths are simply unaware that they must sign...
...there aren't many of those in Lynn anymore; they've been driven out by the Seven-Elevens and the Hickory Farms--both big telethon friends--where you can find: dirty magazines in a rack by the window; a few objectionable apples; milk and bread; a bored high school kid behind the counter; and lots and lots of cigarettes and diet soda. And people have to pretend to love it, because there isn't any choice. "I'm out to change the corporate image," Lewis informs us early on. "They get a dirty deal... They're always doing things...
...rookie did not know whether Hannah was serious, but he didn't exactly wish to rile 280 pounds worth of Alabama human flesh. Later, when Brian Buckley learned that John Hannah has a strange sense of humor, he would be able to laugh. They would kid each other about which was superior--the Crimson of the north of the Crimson Tide of the south...
...when I came out. Mind you, I've never had that experience since. It must be like what Lady Diana felt on the balcony." English Teacher Jean Galbraith recalls dropping in on a rehearsal and hearing her sing Till There Was You. "I thought, that can't be the kid in the first row who sits next to the windows? I mean that's professional, that's fantastic." Brother Third, who played Winthrop, Marian's little brother, says that there was some jealousy when she went on to get the leads in Li'l Abner and Oklahoma. The present Bernards...