Word: rank
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...detecting just what is happening in this volatile election year. Clearly, the voters are in an independent, anti-Washington mood, and they are voting for "outsiders" who are not tainted by "politics as usual." Endorsements by top political leaders have meant little. Labor leaders have failed to deliver their rank-and-file votes. The winning candidates are sweeping across voting blocs whether by age, income or ethnic background. Voters, it seems, are rebelling against something...
...victory over W.A. ("Tony") Boyle, who is now serving a life sentence for conspiracy to murder U.M.W. Reformer Joseph ("Jock") Yablonski. After his win, Miller purged the entire Boyle-appointed executive board. To his dismay, the new board turned out to be dominated by Boyle cronies, elected by the rank and file because they were better known than Miller's men. In addition, four board members endorsed by Miller deserted their sponsor, charging him with mismanagement. Finally Trbovich, Miller's reform-minded running mate, left the fold to lead the opposition. The charges against Miller: that his staff...
Baby Blue Marine, sentimental and good-natured, concerns Marion's discovery that manhood is not something that comes along with rank and wardrobe. Working his way home from California to St. Louis, Marion gets as far as a small Western town named Bidwell. He falls for a young waitress (Glynnis O'Connor) and lets himself become BidwelFs major curiosity, accepting the honor and privileges due a Marine who has seen extensive combat duty...
...real Casanova-played in the movie by Donald Sutherland-was an intellectual, a gambler and a great Venetian libertine, who seduced and abandoned ladies by the hundreds in his travels across Europe. His Memoirs are usually considered to rank among the classic 18th century autobiographies. Fellini disagrees. He professes to have ripped the pages with rage as he read them. "Unfortunately, I had already signed to do the film," he says. "No nature, animals, children, trees. The stron-zo [turd] roamed the whole of Europe and it is as if he never moved from...
...agreement, and will require big raises besides to catch up with past inflation. The G.E. contract expires on June 27, and Westinghouse's two weeks later. "Once you get a pattern established, it can be hard to stop," muses an Administration labor official. "When the rank and file in one union see another union strike and get a good settlement, they start agitating to do the same. We're just hoping it doesn't get contagious." He is a bit late; the contagion seems...