Word: signed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rostropovich's outspoken support of intellectual dissidents put him in constant trouble with the Soviet government. He was barred from travel abroad for three years. His refusal to sign letters denouncing Andrei Sakharov led to the onset of what the cellist calls "silent torture." When he gave refuge to his friend Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who spent four years in Rostropovich's home, the cellist's musical life in the Soviet Union was squelched. Radio announcers were not permitted to mention his name. At one point all his concerts were cancelled. Once, in a small town, Rostropovich saw men obscuring posters...
Outside ward three's Franklin St. polls, John Lally carried a "Write-in for Jackson" sign. He said he was paid $2.50 per hour for his services, but a Jackson spokesman denied paying anyone for campaign work...
...first sign of victory came when Liz Schafer, the 'Cliffe's number six player, gave up only 26 points to her Wesleyan...
...Neither of our players were seeded in the tournament but their play was a promising sign that Harvard has a good fighting chance this coming season," coach Cory Wynn said yesterday...
...Reagan rally in Manchester's huge smoke-filled armory. Paul was wearing three Reagan stickers on the back of his coat. The next night Carlson saw the same kid at the Carter rally in the East Ballroom of the Carpenter Motor Hotel, holding a "Jimmy Carter for President" sign. He investigated this sudden shift in allegiance and John Paul had this to say for his previous night's three stickers: "Why, isn't Mister Reagan still an actor?" Non-voting Laremy still hadn't explained why he supported the former governor from Georgia, until he said, "But, if Mister Carter...