Word: rubbings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some friends thought Bishop might have resented his mother, who lived with the family and was described by some as domineering. Still others suspected that Bishop might have been a spy and that he and his family could be victims of a rub-out reminiscent of the film Three Days of the Condor. But no persuasive proof was offered to support this theory. In any case, the police let it be known that fingerprints had been found on the gasoline can next to the burial site, and at week's end they issued a warrant for Bishop...
...main independence factions are redoubling their efforts because of the island's troubles; they are getting considerable noisy support from Cuba and are trying to stir up sympathy in the United Nations. P.I.P. is led by Senator Rubén Berrios, 36, an urbane academic, educated at Yale and Oxford, who calls himself a Social Democrat. While P.I.P. occasionally practices civil disobedience-last year it unsuccessfully tried to organize a tax boycott-the party avoids violence. Berrios wants to create an independent republic and socialize major industry...
...commission be dissolved in 30 days unless all of its members were appointed by the President, instead of just two under the present stat ute. The other six are four members appointed by Congress, plus the Secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House. There was the rub. According to the court, Congress may not appoint a body with enforcement powers; only the Executive can set up such a commission. A number of Senators, including Edward Kennedy, quickly said that they would introduce bills this week to conform to the ruling and preserve the commission's watchdog...
...patronization is fat people. THE DUMPLINGS (NBC, Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. E.S.T.)-don't you just love the title?-are chubby James Coco and padded Geraldine Brooks. They are the proprietors of a Mom and Pop lunch counter who are required to coo repulsively at each other and rub flab, while their slender customers express ironic wonder that these lard tubs are actually happier than they are. Gross...
...Sexual Freedom and the Constitution: "It is easy to stand up for the right of a black as a human being, but hard to side with a 'queer.' No matter how closely the white civil rights enthusiast tries to identify with the plight of the Negro, blackness can never rub off on him. The aura of 'immorality...