Word: quit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seized up in the autopsy? Aren't there other things we ought to be doing?' " Some of the Democratic opposition was equally predictable. Senator Ervin, vacationing in North Carolina (see page 16), called the speech "a rehash, a solicitation of the public to make the committee quit working." He said that it reminded him of the old lawyer who advised a young colleague: "When the facts of law are against you, give somebody hell." Ohio Governor John J. Gilligan slyly noted that in Nixon's discussion of the confidentiality that exists between lawyer and client and between...
...Landing Zone Buzzard, when Company M arrived from Columbus, Ohio, the most energetic activity was the application of Coppertone. "It's hard to get decent Marines," complained Corporal Gary Gambill, 26, an exporter for Ashland Chemical. "Thirteen quit the company last month, and only five joined-and three of those have started paper work to get their discharges...
...hear Chrissie tell it, she will not have to sacrifice her personal life for too long. She insists that she intends to quit the pro game in three to five years, get married and have two to four chil dren. "Too long a tennis career can ruin a girl and harden her," she says. "Ten nis isn't the most important thing in my life. It's so materialistic. Marriage and family are more important, and so is religion - and love. I'd rather be known for being a girl than for being a tennis player...
...lady's house, gave her breakfast, washed her, and got her ready for the rest of the day. Miz Buice, I worked for her for 5 years. Then I had other jobs. I was dish-washer at night. I was 14 then. I didn't have any boyfriends. I quit school at 11th grade; I was goin' to have a baby at the time. At first I planned on raisin' the baby, then my father took him over...
...them." Giving in to the inevitable, he took up golf in earnest and "went from being a straight A student to a straight C." As a freshman at Ohio State he caddied for Upperclassman Jack Nicklaus, then the young master of amateur golf. Impressed by Nicklaus' exploits, Weiskopf quit after his sophomore year to become a "successful college dropout...