Word: rans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sullivan, a legal counsel to the Massachusetts Secretary of State, ran unsuccessfully for the council in 1977. A volunteer lawyer for the Alliance of Cambridge Tenants and a member of the Boston chapter of the National Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee, he drafted the anti-condominium conversion ordinance adopted by the council this spring...
Earlier, Yale back Ken Hill attempted a one-handed catch on the UConn 43-yard line, but the ball hit Hill and bounced into the arms of Yale split end Dan Stratton, who ran the rest of the way in for the score. The Elis are now 1-1, while the Huskies drop...
...President to a hospital. But White House Physician Dr. William Lukash diagnosed heat exhaustion. The President was taken back to his bedroom at Camp David, stripped, covered with cold towels, and injected with nearly a quart of salt water through a vein in his left arm. Lukash quickly ran an electrocardiogram on Carter; the results showed no heart damage. After about an hour, the President was up and slowly walking around the room. Some 90 minutes after the collapse, Carter stood at the finish line of the 10-km (6.2-mile) race, handing out trophies to the winners...
...July 4, the Strelczyks and the Wetzels made their way under cover of darkness to a meadow 25 miles from the border. That first escape attempt aborted: the winds were wrong, the gas ran out, and they landed undetected, a few hundred yards short of the frontier. Last weekend they tried again. This time the craft lifted off with ease, picking up a breeze that wafted them toward the border. The balloon, which soared as high as 8,000 ft., began to lose altitude as it neared the border. A searchlight picked out the balloon for a terrifying moment...
Nixon's 1969 European journey was my first introduction to the antics of the advance men: they were clean-cut, efficient, and disciplined individuals whom H.R. Haldeman had proudly picked from advertising agencies and junior executive positions. Their sole responsibility was to make certain that everything ran smoothly for Nixon, who must never face the unexpected contingencies he hated so much. The advance team held itself responsible for ensuring that Nixon was seen by others only in the most favorable light...