Word: missed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...redoubtable Miss Lillian, Carter's 78-year-old mother, does not go on the road much these days, although she does hold court for the press in Plains. But her younger sister, Emily Dolvin, the widow of an insurance man, has turned out to be the secret weapon of the Carter campaign-a tiny, stylishly dressed, white-haired dynamo. After she whipped through Maine, Senator Edmund Muskie called Carter to say in awe: "Everywhere I go, your Aunt Sissy is there." She is in particular demand on the senior-citizen circuit, but she delights all audiences, hauling...
...Rosalynn Carter, 49, has earned her place as part of a husband-wife political team by virtue of unparalleled effort. For 18 months she has campaigned almost full time. Last week her minisquadron of two Learjets whistled along for 4,965 miles, touching down in such cities as Jackson, Miss., Chicago, Erie, Pa., Cincinnati and Atlanta. Mayors and Governors welcome her, a phalanx of motorcycle police escorts her on freeways cleared of traffic, audiences in crowded halls give her standing ovations. Bob Armstrong, Carter's campaign manager in Texas, says frankly, "Some people think Rosalynn is a better campaigner...
...weekends at home in Plains, she catches up with Amy's life. Mrs. Carter has been criticized for spending these 18 months on the road, with an eight-year-old daughter at home, but she maintains that Amy is happy surrounded by cousins and friends and tended by "Miss Lillian," her grandmother...
Growing up with the Phillies wasn't easy, especially for those of us in the lost generation--born too late to see the Whiz Kids capture the flag in '50, but not late enough to miss the Fizz Kids throw away their six-and-a-half-game lead with 12 to play in '64. The standings for my lifetime show the Phils playing 234 games under .500. We have finished in the cellar nearly half of those seasons...
...past eight years as a public school teacher. I have experienced, as this week has begun, a tremendous surge of excitement in returning here. I want to do as well as I can. I believe it is unjust and unwarranted that I and many fellow Jews are obliged to miss important early classes for Yom Kippur. It further rankles that classes are scheduled on Yom Kippur, a day that is sacred to a significant percentage of the Harvard community, but not scheduled on Columbus Day, which is a meaningless holiday to nearly everyone...