Word: patly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Each time the demure woman in the yellow shirtwaist dress intoned the tantalizing phrase "if I run," she was interrupted by a riotous chant: "Run, Pat, run! Run, Pat, run!" Not since the heady moment when Geraldine Ferraro was picked as the 1984 Democratic vice-presidential nominee had there been such spontaneous excitement among women activists...
...matter of minutes after finishing her speech to the National Organization for Women in Philadelphia, Colorado Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, 47, had collected checks and pledges totaling $351,344, a sum that could make her eligible for federal matching funds if she decides to run for the Democratic presidential nomination. Already, the mere prospect that she will join the race has galvanized women's groups and activists who have grown impatient with the timid stances on feminist issues staked out by Schroeder's male competitors. Insists Betty Friedan, who was among the first to urge Schroeder to run: "This...
Riley tracked down Presidential Candidate Pat Robertson and other preachers. "In the wake of the PTL scandal, some of the loudest calls for openness and accountability have come from the televangelists," notes Riley. Indeed, some offered thin press releases and unrevealing brochures to show good faith. That only indicated, as this week's stories attest, that most TV ministries have a long way to go before their financial disclosures are as effective as their preaching...
Based in Virginia Beach, Southern Baptist Pat Robertson, 57, formerly presided over a daily talk show (The 700 Club), his Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) and a graduate school. (All those activities are now run by subordinates while Robertson campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination.) His ministry's activities earn some $183 million annually. In Tulsa, Oral Roberts, 69, a member of the United Methodist Church but Pentecostal in style, oversees daily and weekly television shows and presides over a $500 million complex, including the 4,650-student Oral Roberts University and the City of Faith Hospital. Annual budget: some...
...result of the growing fear of these killer dogs, responsible owners have been put on the defensive. The name pit bull loosely applies to a crossbred strain of the American Staffordshire terrier and the American pit bullterrier as well as to other varieties. The most ferocious dogs, says Pat Owens, director of the Women's S.P.C.A. of Pennsylvania, are crossbred with German shepherds or Doberman pinschers. Richard Laue of the Northern California Pit Bullterrier Association accuses these "backyard breeders" of producing unpredictable "garbage dogs...