Word: manhattan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harris must make a substantial showing in the early primaries or he will probably be finished. In the preprimary skirmishes, the results have been ambiguous. At the convention of the liberal New Democratic Coalition in Manhattan this month, he came in second and prevented Front Runner Senator Birch Bayh from winning the endorsement. In a caucus held by Massachusetts' Citizens for Participation in Political Action, a liberal group, he came in first. But he won only 38.7% of the vote after lobbying members for almost a year...
...looks like I'm gettin' ready to fight someone," Muhammad Ali mused as he stared at the 20,000 people packed into Manhattan's Madison Square Garden last week. The occasion was a battle of sorts: a benefit concert for Rubin ("Hurricane") Carter, a black middleweight boxer imprisoned since 1966 for a murder that he claims he did not commit. "You people out there, you have the connection and the complexion to get the protection," quoth Ah before surrendering the stage to a four-hour musical downpour that starred Bob Dylan, sounding like the old adenoidal prince...
...Keefe brought Medlin to Manhattan, where the tipster soon had CBS News executives hoping that he would lead them to the scoop of the year. He threatened network employees with violence if he did not get his way, and emphasized his seriousness of purpose with a demonstration of karate-style kicks. "He's the most terrifying guy I've ever seen," said CBS News President Richard Salant...
...this attraction will fade fast; digitals are expected to sell for as little as $20 in 1976. Another reason why some people like digitals, according to a watch-company executive, "is that it makes them feel powerful-at the push of a button, they can command the time." Says Manhattan-based Writer Jon Borgzinner: "I like it because when I pick it up at night I don't have to figure out from the dial if it's ten of six or two minutes before four; it simply tells...
...divided on that question. But there is strikingly little disagreement on what can be expected for the coming year. The pastel predictions come from Government officials and businessmen, university, bank and corporate economists. They agree with all eight members of TIME's Board of Economists, who gathered in Manhattan last week for a day-long examination of the outlook for 1976 (Alan Greenspan, who is on leave from the board while he serves as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, attended the meeting as an observer...