Word: peps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unusual as his methods. Besides $2,000,000 in $20 and $50 bills and $8,000 worth of gold bars-the highest ransom ever demanded in the U.S.-he insisted upon items ranging from three Thompson submachine guns and 300 feet of nylon rope to ammonia inhalers, smelling salts, pep pills and sleeping pills. Once the passengers were off the plane, it flew to Vancouver, B.C. Told that that much U.S. currency was not on hand in Vancouver, Sibley ordered the plane to Seattle. En route, he handed the crew a four-page statement explaining his motives, and ordered...
This month Strand and Cormack interviewed a man of 22, a candidate for a police force, who admitted to robbery, selling narcotics, shoplifting, vandalism and regular use of marijuana and pep pills. Asked, "How would you rate yourself in terms of honesty?", he replied, "Above average," and commented: "I get self-satisfaction when I'm being honest...
...Hitlerian mannerisms: the walk, the deep, throaty voice, the oddly limp salute. He has studied newsreels, books and photographs, even interviewed a survivor of those last days in the bunker. At that time, says Guinness, "Hitler was almost senile; at the age of 56, he was 70. He took pep pills, and at times he would have fits. At other times he would get the giggles. I try to convey that comic side. You know, he could be extremely childlike as well as childish...
...kind of country. Maryland is friendly Border state country where he polled a solid 42% in the 1964 primary. After Michigan and Maryland, the strategy will shift toward coddling delegates from nonprimary states. He is ready to edify conventions large or small with a half-hour film and pep-talk program, and delegates will also get a pictorial biography of the candidate showing him getting an honorary degree from Troy State University, snuggling Girl Scouts, shooting skeet, chatting with cops, and even posing as Santa Claus...
Before games this past season, the nine-man squad held small, self-conscious debates over who would show his face on the court first. As for pep talks, they have been abandoned by Joseph Fink, an entomologist who became coach two years ago after the original choice failed to show up. "I used to try to give them a pep talk, but it made them nervous," says Fink. "One boy started shaking and dropped a cup of water all over the place...