Word: ranging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bells rang again unintentionally...
...dream, alas, was never more than just that--a dream. But The Who were always an impossible-to-ignore reality. In concert, Pete and the boys for years stood unsurpassed. Typically, the auditorium would go dark just as the first, hesitant synthesizer notes of "Baba O'Riley" rang out. Then power guitar chords and lights came simultaneously, and everyone would see Townshend bashing away frantically at his Gibson SG. Finally, Daltrey would swagger in from stage right, throwing his mike toward the audience in ever increasing arcs only to grab it at the very last possible second and sing from...
...adage about politics and bed-fellows rang true yet again this week, when Edward J. King supported Michael S. Dukakis in his quest to become Massachusetts' next governor. The bitter ideological and personal rivalry goes back to 1978, when King unseated Dukakis--who was governor at the time--in the Democratic primary. At a Statehouse press conference Thursday. King announced. "I will support the Democratic ticket. Michael Dukakis is on that ticket." The lame duck governor went on to say he would not campaign in the next five weeks...
...visit to a naval base in his district. Lehman, it turned out, was peeved that Hartnett had tried to stop him from selling a destroyer, based in Charleston, to Pakistan. "Oh, don't worry," said the President. No sooner had Hartnett returned to his office than the phone rang. Lehman was telephoning from Japan. "I'll be there," promised the Secretary. "Oh, by the way, we'll make sure that destroyer stays in your district." Hartnett was pleased by the favor, but he was still uneasy about the tax bill. "I couldn't quite imagine people...
...doing some horse trading up here, and he's got to have a commitment. I want it now. "Still Hartnett refused. As the voting bells rang, Hartnett headed for the floor. At 5:49, two minutes after voting began, one of the President's men implored Hartnett to come to the rescue if the vote was close. Five minutes into the voting, a conservative colleague asked him to cast a no vote. "I really don't know what I'm going to do," insisted Hartnett. Then, with less than a minute to go, the Congressman stood...