Word: sevens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Attorney Oldaker concedes that there is no written proof that Betty ever did anything: no memos written by or to her, no memos written by others in which she is mentioned, no indication that she worked in Mallick's offices more than five to seven days a month. Even so, Wright's defense may win the sympathy of many of the 300-odd members of Congress whose wives or husbands also hold paid jobs. They are not at all eager to set a precedent that might encourage future investigators to ask exactly what it is their spouses do and what...
...later, Mexican police nabbed Ramon Salcido, 28, a winery worker accused of a gruesome shooting and slashing rampage in Sonoma County, Calif., two weeks ago that left seven people dead and terrorized residents. Among the victims were Salcido's wife and two daughters, ages 4 and 1. A third daughter, 3, barely survived a throat slitting. Suspecting that Salcido might flee to his native country, U.S. officials alerted Mexican authorities, who caught him at a railroad station near Los Mochis...
...Mitterrand government, the bicentennial is a political opportunity and a ticklish responsibility. On July 14, the anniversary of the fall of the Bastille, the leaders of the seven industrialized nations -- France, the U.S., Canada, Japan, Britain, West Germany and Italy -- will assemble in Paris for a summit. What kind of image will France present? On the surface, at least, that of a united nation celebrating its glorious past with the hoopla of a spectacular Bastille Night parade and sound-and-light show down the Champs Elysees. Already, merchants are hawking underwear decorated with little guillotines. French television is reveling...
FACT The fortress held only seven prisoners...
General Wojciech Jaruzelski was striding through a hallway in Warsaw's parliament building last week when he came across a man he had not met in more than seven years. "So, our roads have finally crossed," said the chief of Poland's Communist Party. Replied Lech Walesa, leader of the country's Solidarity trade union: "I hope they will not part again...