Word: lynn
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...most vivid memories that childhood companions have of James Warren Jones-or "Jonesie," as they called him-are of his funeral sermons for dead animals in the Indiana town of Lynn, where he was born 47 years ago. Once, when he was 13, Jones invited a group of boys to his family's barn, recalls Harlan Swift, now a Chicago insurance executive. Amid burning candles, the aspiring preacher carefully opened a matchbox, revealing a dead mouse. "He had a service all organized," recalls Swift, "a very, very intense dramatic service for that dead mouse." A former classmate, Tootie Morton...
...games this year, Zorn passed for ten touchdowns and ran for six more. With careful use of the draft and a few deft trades, Seattle has put together a supporting cast that does Zorn justice. Wide Receiver Steve Largent ranks second among American Conference receivers, behind Pittsburgh's Lynn Swann; with ten touchdowns, David Sims is the conference's top-scoring running back...
...race marked this season's third meeting between Harvard's Newnham and Sullivan and Princeton's star, Lynn Jennings. Jennings had defeated both Crimson harriers in earlier duels at the Big Three meet and at last week's Eastern Championships. Saturday she established a fast pace early, and by the two-mile mark, held a seemingly insurmountable lead...
...King is still a Democrat, and as President Carter pointed out in his Lynn endorsement speech for King, he was nominated in a fair and open primary (where he defeated one-term Gov. Michael S. Dukakis...
Interest in the House races focused less on the redistricting, which aided Democrat incumbents at the expense of Republicans, than on the efforts of the Coalition for Legislative Reform, a maverick group seeking to dilute the power of House speaker Thomas W. McGee (D-Lynn) by capturing 55 to 60 of the House seats. Returns for Coalition candidates were not available early this morning...