Word: quit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gracious. As recriminations persisted, Jean Westwood, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, was under multiple pressures to resign her post, but insisted stubbornly that she would not do so. Demands that she quit came from five Democratic Governors, who apparently represented the majority opinion among the 31 statehouses now controlled by the Democrats. Many of the Governors have resented the recent dominance of the party by Democratic Senators, and feel that they have largely been pushed aside by the McGovern movement. Their spokesman, Arkansas Governor Dale Bumpers, observed dryly that "it would be the gracious thing to do" if Westwood...
...There are so many great habits that are good for you, and more fun too, than smoking," Actress Eva Gabor declared on becoming national women's "I.Q." ("I Quit") chairman of the American Cancer Society. Eva, who has just filed for a divorce from her fourth husband, urged women to make their spouses give up tobacco. Said she: "Nagging won't do it. You should blackmail them. I did that with one husband. We had a terrific argument and I said I would only forgive him if he'd give up his three packs...
Neither the team nor Champi made it that far in 1969. After two games, a victory over Holy Cross and a disappointing loss to Boston University Champi quit the team. He said then that he no longer enjoyed football. "I had been thinking about it for two years," he recalled this week. "It was a question of priorities. I felt that I was wasting my falls, and getting all the I could out of Harvard...
...more quality, in addition, they posseses--the power to do their best when it is called for. A team comes to Cambridge, one whose chief merits is that "it will never quit." It has well earned that reputation, but it will take more than "send" to win today for Yale. Every man on the Harvard team knows what is expected of him this afternoon. He will go on to Soldiers' Field to play to the bitter and faster, better football than he ever played before. Harvard intends to win, and she will not fall for lack of pluck...
Many film critics have quit writing regularly on film after stints much shorter than Andrew's (which has continued, in one form or another, since 1956). Macdonald, Morgenstern. Sheed and Kanfer come swiftly (and recently) to mind. But these men then moved into the different fields to which they were committed even while they handled their film chores. Sadly, Sarris hasn't dealt with anything but movies, most of the time in a tone of directorial hero-worship. That he has made a business on the basis of pop culture dreams and apologia is a phenomenon that only a youthful...