Word: quit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last year in which to celebrate the passing of 1971. To some, the prevalence of pub bombing made it seem as if the war were being fought by the Temperance League rather than the I.R.A.; it has secretly pleased some Presbyterian elders. Many customers, scared of the pub warfare, quit early. This has given rise to dour little jokes. The long-suffering wife of a drinking husband supposedly says: "That's the first time Paddy has been home before closing time in years." Another story?a true one?tells of fleeing bombers who had to return their stolen getaway...
Columbia fared even more poorly. After four men quit because of varying degrees of unhappiness with the program, the Lions lost to Florida 87-47 and North Carolina State 76-48 at the Gator Bowl Tournament. Their record stands...
...organization has ample support; Operation Breadbasket's entire 25-man Chicago staff and 30 of its 35 board members quit with Jackson. Money will be a problem, but plenty of prominent blacks have offered to help Jackson raise the estimated $250,000 PUSH will need for its first six months of operation-among them Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton, Gary, Ind., Mayor Richard G. Hatcher, Singer Aretha Franklin, Fullback-turned-Actor Jim Brown, and Actor Ossie Davis, who is something of a behind-the-scenes power in the civil rights movement. However, those backers took care to say that...
...both work to expand on those goals in the interests of black and poor people everywhere." He refuses to defend himself against S.C.L.C. charges and innuendos. Among other things, S.C.L.C. has ordered an audit of the Breadbasket books, and refuses to accept Jackson's resignation. When Jackson quit, he insisted that all assets be turned over to S.C.L.C.: "We will take nothing that was raised under the name Breadbasket...
...long-term contracts signed before the August freeze. Getting such boosts approved has been a prime goal of labor members, who have been ready from the start to scuttle the controls-if they could get away with it. If businessmen persist in this challenge, labor members could possibly quit the board. In that unfortunate event, the President might have to go directly to the people and seek to rally public opinion against the willful actions of some labor leaders...