Word: norfolk
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...former Governor Tom McCall, one of the first to call for Nixon's resignation, said he now feels that Nixon is "a warm human being. If he'd just come out like this early, it probably wouldn't have been half as bad." Agreed the Norfolk Ledger-Star in an editorial: "It was good that he said it, but it would have sounded better if he had said it sooner. And for free...
...GOLF COURSE, Darwin brought the same irascible Victorian dogmatism both in his demeanor and his ornate 19th century swing. Accustomed to the Norfolk jackets and knickers worn in earlier decades, Darwin was confronted by a Canadian pro wearing a lumber-jacket shirt with clashing patches of rainbow colors at the 1955 Commonwealth Games. Unable to pacify his aesthetic indigation, Darwin approached the Canadian and said: "I say, are those your old school colors or your own unfortunate choice...
...Carter delegates and alternates whose votes gave him the nomination at the Democratic National Convention, nor was there a specific mailing to the electors who formally put him in office. The Democratic National Committee was disgruntled at having only 500 tickets to distribute. John Fishwick, president of the Norfolk and Western Railway, had graciously agreed to serve as host for one of the six postInaugural parties. He was astonished when he failed to get an invitation to the swearing-in, parade or receptions...
...making heroes out of deserters. " So says Lieut. Commander Michael Christian, a Norfolk-based former Viet Nam prisoner of war, who vows that he is ready to resign from the Navy in protest. "The price of honor seems pretty cheap this year." Air Force Colonel George Day, another former Viet Nam P.O. W. now stationed in Florida, is ready to pack up his war medals, including the Medal of Honor, and ship them all back to Washington...
There are plenty of juicy parts in Bolt's play, and Manulis's cast manages to carry most of them off with a fair degree of competence. Michael Kriesman as the Duke of Norfolk, More's friend, aptly embodies the gusty energy of Tudor aristocracy, while Jon Goerner seems made for the role of the slimy Spanish ambassador Signor Chapuys. Gene Sykes also turns in a clever performance as The Common Man, whose life, with its daily compromises and bartering of self, Bolt considers the analogue...