Word: lot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...whether Kennedy is indeed positioning himself to run. G.O.P. leaders like Senator Howard Baker are convinced that he is. But Democrats have grown used to the old Kennedy ploy of keeping a high profile and then backing away. Nonetheless, many of them are eager for his candidacy, and a lot of their eagerness is based on dismay over Carter's bland leadership. "In New York," said one top Democratic leader, "I could raise a million dollars in ten days if Kennedy just gave the word." Even if Kennedy doesn't give the word, some politicians believe that they...
...over the incident on the Martha's Vineyard bridge that many thought would ruin his career. Public sentiment could change, of course, if Kennedy became a candidate for President and Chappaquiddick were raised as an issue. But, at this point, only 11% of those surveyed are bothered a lot by the fact that he was at a party with a group of single women on that night in July 1969; only 15% say they are greatly disturbed by his having gone off alone with Mary Jo Kopechne. The greatest concern, expressed by about 40% of those polled, is that...
That same day, a yellow Cadillac skidded to a stop alongside an empty lot in The Bronx. Two men jumped out, dragging a six-foot-long wooden crate. After dousing it with gasoline they ignited it, jumped back into the car and drove off. A witness who had noted the Cadillac's license number immediately called the police. The crate contained the charred corpse of John Tupper, beaten, shot several times and repeatedly stabbed. When police spotted the Cadillac, they found Jacobson at the wheel. The next day, they charged him with murder...
Many of the buyers are foreigners. Unlike most Americans, a lot of foreigners regard New York as a haven, to which they are fleeing from the high inflation and political instability of their own countries. They come from France and Italy, the Middle East and the Far East, as well as South America, bringing vast amounts of new wealth into the city...
...lot more resolute vacationers choose to ignore that advice. An estimated 13 million visitors have mobbed hotels, overrun campgrounds and simply parked themselves on roadsides, in vineyards, on beaches and wherever else a speck of bare ground shows itself. Les campeurs sauvages (wild campers) number about 50,000. They are a particular irritation to police, since they will pitch a tent illegally in a parking lot, on a piece of highly desirable beach or even, as one did, on a shady traffic island in the middle of Cannes. Typical is Axel Koenigs, a young West German bank employee who drove...