Word: nelson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they weren't bad. Willie Nelson's slightly nasal baritone complemented Rosalynn Carter's soft soprano, and the crowd clapped rousingly to the music. The First Lady had no trouble with the lyrics since both she and Jimmy know Nelson's hits by heart. The setting was the White House lawn, where Nelson, the king of outlaw country, put on a stompin' good show last week. The most eye-opening song of the evening: Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother. The President himself, a stock car racing buff and Nelson...
...sluggishness has drawn fierce criticism from citizen and environmental groups, prodding some congressmen into action. Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.) introduced a bill to force the EPA to enforce a ban on 2,4,5-T herbicide, but the bill has never received serious consideration in the Senate. Several private citizens are sueing the EPA, the Forestry Service and the Dow Chemical Company, one of the major manufacturers of the herbicide. Dow denies any responsibility and published the results of company-sponsored experiments that deny any connection between the adverse effects of dioxin dosage in lab animals and dioxin intake...
Ford will not announce the starting lineup until game time, but like that 'A' in Bio 106, some things are certain. Last season's leading scorers. Lee Nelson and Walter Diaz, will return at the inside attack positions. Michael Smith should be holding fort at midfield while Langton and John Sanacore will lead sorties from the back line...
...Lately, Nelson has fought off some adverse publicity in the wake of a Boston Globe story about his involvement in a commodity options firm run by his wife. Nelson dismissed as "rehash" the deal in which $300,000 in options were sold and later found to be worthless...
Five Democrats and two Republicans are contesting Brooke's seat. Coming up on the right is Republican candidate Avi Nelson with a well-financed and well-organized campaign...