Word: promptings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...travel." Aides had to coax him into playing fewer tennis matches with celebrities, such as Andy Williams and Arthur Ashe, and spending more time pressing the flesh. Still, his backhand is naturally superior to his handshake. During an Italian-American street festival in Chambersburg, N.J., Jimmy Carter had to prompt the Governor?and candidate?to climb onto a chair with him so he could be seen by the crowd of 15,000. Then, while Carter waved exuberantly, Byrne could man age only a stiff-armed salute. "I think I am a little less of an extravert than most politicians...
...over the past two months was at least 54-and most likely dozens more. That would make the outbreak the worst since the discovery of the disease at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in the summer of 1976, when 181 people were hospitalized and 29 died. Only the prompt decision of the Vermont doctors-made before they had the results from Atlanta-to administer erythromycin kept the toll from climbing higher; the antibiotic is the only one known so far to be effective against Legionnaires' disease...
Their origin notwithstanding, the pair did not prompt McCurdy to romanticize about their talent. That quality was in ample abundance yesterday at Franklin Park, where the two Irish imports ran to a dead heat, a three-way tie for first place with teammate Danny Dillon. All three were clocked at 24:01, a stiff pace for this early in the season. Providence's top three sweep, together with the capture of places six, seven and ten, enabled it to overpower UMass, its closest competition, and throttle Harvard. The first Harvard runner to finish the race was Ed Sheehan (no relation...
Another major concern among Hispanics is that the provision for $1,000 fines for those hiring illegals without work permits will prompt many employers to protect themselves by not hiring anyone of Hispanic descent. At their convention in Fresno, Calif., Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers union condemned the program as an attempt "to promote wholesale discrimination in employment against all workers who have dark skins and speak languages other than English...
...most cases, students can simply log into their e-mail accounts, type "section" at the "fas%" prompt and beging choosing the most convenient section times. The process normally takes just a few minutes...