Word: nic
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...RATE, as everyone knows, RYM walked out of the convention last June and took half of SDS with it. A few weeks later Klonsky resigned from the NIC (National Interim Committee) because of political differences with the NO, now led by Mark Rudd. Together with Avakian he has formed RYM-2 on the West Coast, which is concentrating on building a mass-based anti-war movement...
There were many heroes, but two veterans especially stood out. Tom Nicosia, captain for the second year, netted two goals including the game winner. The rest of his play was also exceptional, and he worked hard to keep up the team spirit. "Nic was super. It's the best game I've ever seen him play," midfielder Jim Anderson said afterwards...
Tony Hendra was born in London in an air raid during the German blitz, and his first toy was a piece of shrapnel that landed in his cradle. Nic Ullett, also born in London, was soon evacuated to the countryside, where he was given the privileges of living in a corrugated-iron hut and attending school with six other boys and 65 girls. By the time the two of them met a couple of decades later at Cambridge, their thoughts had somehow acquired a satirical hue. Written down, polished, and delivered onstage with maniacal precision, their reflections on the state...
...week." The boys have since played everything from the Catskills' Borscht Belt to a shortlived TV show called The Entertainers. Their favorite gig was at Mister Kelly's in Chicago, which burned down while they were onstage. The band played Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, and Nic stepped out to reassure the patrons: "Don't worry, my partner once quieted down an audience in a fire to avoid panic, and they all burned to death...