Word: quit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years ago, in a freak accident during a concert, Harvey was electrocuted onstage as Maggie watched from the wings. "I died too," she recalls. "But I realized Les wouldn't want me to quit, and slowly I began to experience a rebirth through my singing...
More Immune. It is scandalous to Mrs. Shaw (Katherine Squire) that Andrew (Stanley Anderson), the firebrand, should have ditched his law career to be come an abstract painter. Why has Steven (Philip Charles MacKenzie), the youngest, with his odd, pervasive silence, quit work on his incisive book about modern society? Colin (Paul Collins), the brother in industrial relations, pleas es his mother mightily by announcing.a forthcoming marriage. Consider his rea son: "It's just less embarrassing to be married than...
Despite the hazards, the A's keep winning. In 1972 and 1973 a key reason was Manager Dick Williams, who encouraged candor in the clubhouse while applying a strong hand on the field. Williams quit after last year's World Series. His replacement is Alvin Dark, who managed the A's for Finley when the team was still in Kansas City...
Should McLaughlin now flatly refuse to obey deary's orders to see him and, possibly, keep silent about politics or quit the White House, he could, after formal proceedings, be expelled from the Jesuits. At week's end, the President's priest had not answered either yes or no about the trip to Boston. Nor did White House Communications Director Ken W. Clawson want to discuss the matter. Said he: "Nothing in the world would make me get in the middle of an argument between two Jesuits...
...said: "Pat's not a quitter. After all, her name was Patricia Ryan and she was born on St. Patrick's Day, and you know the Irish never quit...