Word: robs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...things and have things. Ken Baker used to be a teacher, but the vision of affluence and independence beat strong in him, and in 1972 he started his now burgeoning business. The fear that brought him to Kansas City was that the Government, in its ineptitude, would rob him of his chance and his dreams...
...California. In Tijuana, the coyotes [con men] approached me. They knew who was trying to cross the border and could see right through your pocket and tell how much money you had. They offered to get me to Chicago, but I had heard that these people can rob you as quick as a mosquito can bite you, so I said no. One night, a campesino from Zacatecas climbed under the fence with me, and we ran and walked and hid for three hours, with our hearts beating like drums. But we walked right into la migra [the border patrol...
...Courier, which was in serious financial difficulty when it was acquired in 1966.) After a bad year in 1975, Defender circulation and revenues are up. One big problem common to black urban newspapers: distribution. Dealers in interracial neighborhoods refuse to carry the Defender, and in black areas street gangs rob the newsboys so often that home delivery is not profitable. Says Editorial Director Louis Martin, 63: "Anyone in the black press knows it's not a profit-making thing. We've got a mission...
...only singles loss came at number one, where captain Gary Reiner lost to Rob Tesar, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5. "I didn't play too well," Reiner said last night...
...Rob Doorack...