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...promise, perhaps a quote that would bolster the ready-mixed comparison between two politicians bred in the offensive line. Just like Gerry Ford, right? The college buddy smiled, advertising a splendid monument of gold bridgework, and then began to chuckle. "Hell, no. Eddie played dirty, pal. He didn't screw around...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: The Friends of Ed King | 9/26/1978 | See Source »

Danny and Bernie (Peter Kovner and Joseph Wilkins) are two office buddies who wind up competing for the wildest story and cruelest screw, as their two female counterparts, Deborah and Joan (Deborah Strang and Laura Hepner) feed on each other's disillusionment...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Ducks and Sex | 9/18/1978 | See Source »

...when the waters of Narragansett Bay finally begin lapping over the bubble-topped conning tower of the S 250 at Jacobson's practice site in the lee of Prudence Island, all common sense and lessons learned temporarily flee. The student has just bolted himself in with four screw bolts that clamp the bubble to the conning tower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Rhode Island: Rapture of the Shallows | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

...Lemme tell ya, this Barry Manifold guy has really got me steamed. I mean, what does a Manifold know about music, anyways? Can he play 'Ten Thousand Men,' or 'Screw B.U.' even...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: But Seriously, Folks... | 8/1/1978 | See Source »

...podium in the Los Angeles Biltmore, blowing kisses to his screaming supporters. "Now we know how it felt when they dumped English tea in Boston harbor!" he exulted. Still in a buoyant mood, Jarvis told TIME, "We have a new revolution. We are telling the government, 'Screw you!' " Jarvis, 75, the man behind Proposition 13, calls himself "a rugged bastard who's had his head kicked in a thousand times by the government." In a state known for its smooth-talking, image-conscious politicians, he is a gruff, rumpled throwback to Mencken's soap box demagogues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Maniac or Messiah? | 6/19/1978 | See Source »

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