Word: lake
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...testimony is wanted or his lawyers are seeking to protect his tapes and documents. Nixon was grilled by Special Prosecutor Henry Ruth in the presence of grand jurors in June. The most serious suits against him and members of his Administration are the claims by Morton Halperin and Anthony Lake, both former members of the National Security Council, that their privacy was invaded when their telephones were tapped in 1969-71. Nixon may also be subpoenaed to testify at the tax-fraud trial of Frank DeMarco and Ralph Newman, who helped document Nixon's tax claims...
...after 15 years' absence) of a legendary ballerina from A.B.T.'s early days, Alicia Alonso, the founder and director of the National Ballet of Cuba. Now 53, Alonso provided more emotional than aesthetic delight by dancing the adagio from the second act of Swan Lake. It was a strained performance but also a tender portrayal of the Swan Queen, and the audience gave her nearly 20 minutes of cheers and bravas. For those in search of novelty, there was a first look at a potentially exciting new partnership. Gelsey Kirkland was dancing, for the first time ever...
Many contributors had ideas for new kinds of vehicles: a personal trolley-auto advocated by Ronald Uher of Crystal Lake, Ill., for example, could either hook up to overhead electric trolley lines or run on its own power. Other suggestions focused on improving mass-transit finances. Several people proposed that municipal buses, trolleys and subway cars earn additional Income by hauling freight in off-hours. To produce perhaps $1.5 million in annual revenues, Benjamin Lawless of Washington, D.C., urged that a grain crop be grown on the 5 million acres of federal land bordering the interstate highways. Then there...
...built a deluxe, 200-room Bavarian-style inn in his native Tittling. There, at prices ranging up to $40 a day, Rotel veterans who have seen the world from the windows of Holtl's buses may come to relax, sail in his man-made lake, dance in his discothèque and eat hearty Bavarian food that does not come...
...weightiest charge is that, although Ford had helped other alcoholic employees in the U.S. get treatment, he was never even told that such help was available. After a long struggle, Brennan kicked the drinking habit-so successfully that he is now business manager of an alcoholic-treatment center in Lake Orion, near Detroit...