Word: matings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Felicia has made seven successful runs through the meson lab's pipes, and some of Batavia's staff members are suggesting that she should be rewarded with a mate. But matrimony may have to wait until she has completed all her pipe cleaning. "'If Felicia became pregnant," explains one official, "she might not fit through the tubes...
...thoroughly political man, Richard Nixon last week seized upon Senator Edmund Muskie's amazingly candid remark (TIME, Sept. 20) that he would not favor a black as his running mate in 1972. Muskie reasoned it might keep him from winning and thus from fighting for racial justice as only a President...
...would not discuss politics, proceeded to say that it was "a libel on the American people" to presume that they would not accept a black vice-presidential nominee. The President's reproachful tone suggested the improbable-that he would be happy to have a black for a running mate. He also noted that similar views were once uttered about Roman Catholics and proven baseless by John Kennedy. Nixon said that it was "very important for those of us in positions of leadership not to tell a large number of people in America, whoever they are, that because...
...lookout, however, complained that his eyes were "like organ stops" from "using bins [cockney slang for binoculars] all night" and wanted to complete the job. "I suggest we carry on tonight, mate, and get it done with," he said. "I'm not going to be any good tomorrow morning." Besides, he added, "money is not my god this much." The lookout was overruled and the gang -four or five men and a woman -caught some sleep while Rowlands tried to get the police to listen...
...Rowlands, but he left unconvinced. Then came a second officer, and Rowlands asked him to turn off his walkie-talkie so that the thieves' taped conversations could be heard more clearly. Soon four other constables and a sergeant closed in on Rowlands' flat, fearful that their mate might be having his "head kicked in" because they could not reach him on his walkie-talkie. The six policemen left Rowlands to his monitoring and took no action...