Word: misse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...crowd responded loudly with each near miss, eager to see its favorite dispose of the foil champion and leave a suggestion, at least, that he, in fact, should have occupied the top spot. But just as Vastola prepared for a low attack, McNamara came in with his point high and jabbed the Crimson captain in the chest. The crowd was disappointed...
Country Rock Singer Jerry Lee Lewis owed the feds $165,093.12 in back taxes, and the feds were tired of waiting. That's why a posse of IRS agents suddenly showed up at Lewis De Soto County, Miss., ranch last week and seized a $68,000 Rolls-Royce, a Cadillac Eldorado, a Corvette Stingray, a Lincoln Continental, a Jeep, a '56 Caddy, a '35 Ford, a '41 Ford convertible, a tractor and five motorcycles. "I'm sure it's a breakdown in communications and something will be worked out," moaned the singer. "You know...
...Mardi Gras's 122-year history. "We are not going to let Mardi Gras be held hostage by the Teamsters," read a statement issued by the krewes. "It means a half million dollars and a whole year's work down the drain, plus all the fun we miss," lamented Owen Brennan, president of the famous Brennan's Restaurant and captain of the Bacchus Krewe...
...country bumpkin, sprinkling her language with "ain'ts" and "naws." Pomposity of all stripes put her on guard. When a pen pal confessed she felt uneasy about corresponding with a celebrity, Flannery reassured her that fame is "a comic distinction shared with Roy Rogers's horse and Miss Watermelon of 1955." Outside of writing and reading, her chief activity was raising birds, and she regaled everyone with anecdotes about them, especially her beloved peacocks: "I used to say I wanted so many of them that every time I went out the door I stepped...
...Miss Mae Arrett--Lulu's in Boston...