Word: ralph
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Silk scored the first of his three goals at 10:25 of the second period. Ralph Cox of UNH hoped to deter B.U.'s surge with a tally at 12:17, but the hard-driving Silk had other ideas, scoring the Terriers' fifth goal and bringing B.U. to within one goal of a deadlock...
...states attorney out of office after he allegedly engineered the murder of two Black Panthers, and in the 1975 Democratic mayoral primary Daley failed to get a majority of black votes for the first time. Last spring black voters stood off an organization front man's challenge to Rep. Ralph Metcalfe (D-I11.), who had angered the mayor with his charges of police brutality...
...President-elect who, during only one week of Cabinet choices, not only draws the disapproval of Ralph Nader, but also will not appoint Bella Abzug as Secretary of Transportation...
Losing Clout. Blacks exploded at the choice. "We will no longer be taken for granted," stormed Democratic Congressman Ralph Metcalfe. Polish Americans also objected, thus raising the specter of a black-Polish alliance against the ruling Irish-who stand to lose considerable clout now that their most powerful patron is gone. The fact is that even though Daley always mounted impressive parades and dyed the usually opaque Chicago River a bright green for St. Patrick's Day, the Irish account for only 5% of Chicago's 3.1 million people. Fully 39% of Chicagoans are black, 12% Hispanic...
Going into the last week, sales were expected to be up 3% to 5% at Boston's Paperback Booksmith (58 stores); after the final surge, the rise was projected at 8%. Sears in Atlanta reported sharp increases during the last three days, allowing modest gains over last year. Ralph Kaplan, president of Boston's Kappy's Liquors, was ecstatic: "We had a superweek. I can't believe it." At Rike's in Dayton, an official said: "We expected a last-minute flurry. In the last two or three days an overwhelming increase came...