Word: major
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ordinary citizens. Thursday night he descended on the Carnegie, Pa., home of Machinist William Fisher and his wife Bette, and sipped lemonade with their friends on the back porch for 90 minutes. Friday morning he swooped into Martinsburg, W. Va., where he called on Marvin Porterfield, a retired Marine major and disabled veteran of World War II, his wife Ginny and 17 friends and neighbors...
...what of Freedman's performers? Once we get through an ill-spoken opening scene and the major characters appear, most of the cast perform admirably. Much of what they have to do here is far from easy, and obviously called for a good deal of meticulous drilling...
Bill Walsh, a lawyer for Harlow Properties, a major condominium developer, hand-delivered a letter to each of the city councilors claiming that the bill was illegal because it went beyond state enabling laws. He concluded with a warning: "It is the intention of my client to bring the necessary legal action against any councilor who votes for the legislation...
...bill, supported by five of the nine city councilors, would require a permit before major renovations could be made to apartments in the city. Cambridge's rent control board would grant the permits, and the legislation instructs them to bear in mind Cambridge's "housing emergency" in their decisions...
McGraw-Hill said they would purchase 45 per cent of DRI stock from Eckstein and other major shareholders at $50 a share, and agreed to offer the same price to stockholders for the rest of the shares during the rest of this month...