Word: quit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When Vance quit and was so securrilously treated, I felt I had no inhibitions... I have no apologies for [the article]. I think the country should be aware of what went on," Sullivan said, adding that the article was originally planned to appear before the presidential election in November...
Other relatives do not feel so fortunate. Hostage Paul Lewis' mother Glorian Lewis had to quit her job as a crossing guard in Homer, Ill. (pop. 1,400), after reporters hounded her as she worked. When the town declared last July 4 Paul Lewis Day, ceremonies in the tiny municipal park were interrupted by a TV station helicopter that zoomed in for a landing near the crowd. Recalls Mayor Marion Woodside: "I thought, Jesus Christ, I hope nobody gets in the way of one of them blades." Shirley Buck, Paul Lewis' aunt and the owner of Buck...
...cowboys are doing all right these days. Gordon Snidow has a gold watch that is like to give him a sprained wrist. Jack Swanson hasn't quit breaking horses, because he is only 53, but he is in a position to ease off a bit. Fred Fellows doesn't have to rope in rodeos for a living any more, which is just as well, since roping is no living at all, unless you can eat the silver belt buckles they give away for prizes. Joe Beeler is pushing the outer limits of legal bliss, because he doesn...
...Meese, prime organizer of Reagan's campaign, who will have to work closely with the chief of the White House staff, James Baker. A Houston lawyer, Baker labored so successfully for George Bush in the primaries that he was quickly hired by the Reaganites after his man quit the race...
...lost 32 sheep. Now Lye has a new plan: to raise a baby llama in a herd of sheep so that it will grow up fierce as a llama, but loyal as a lamb. And if that does not work? Says Lye: "I'm about ready to quit sheep growing and start raising llamas...