Word: ramseyisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lost a close race [in the 200 free] earlier in the meet and didn't want that to happen again so I broke out and tried to get away right after the 100," the Ramsey, N.J., native said yesterday...
After outlasting Tracey Ball of Yale (18-17, 15-11, 10-15, 15-12) in the tournament's opening round, Tung fell to Penn State's Gail Ramsey, the eventual winner, 15-0, 15-7, 15-8. McGlade dropped her opener to Princeton's Kris Kinney...
...Administration decided on restraint. Initially, the White House asked Iranian Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan to intervene. But last Tuesday, after months of trying to steer his country on a rational course, Bazargan resigned in frustration and anger, thus bringing down his government. Carter then designated former Attorney General Ramsey Clark and onetime State Department Iranian Expert William Miller as his personal envoys, both of whom knew Khomeini; the Ayatullah refused to see them. After that, the U.S. consented to try the good offices of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and still later it called on the U.K. for help...
...envoys, former U.S. Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark and William Miller, a Senate Intelligence Committee staff member, were carrying a personal message from President Carter to the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The letter asked for the Ayatollah's help in freeing the hostages, held since Sunday by students demanding that the United States return the exiled Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi to Iran for trial...
...opponents of the death penalty have little doubt that others will soon be executed, and that, though Bishop's case is unusual, his demise further hurts their cause. ''Each execution makes it easier to kill the next time,'' says former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who tried several times to dissuade Bishop from his course of action. But the killer argued that his execution might be so repulsive that it would weaken support for the death penalty...