Word: similarly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there seem to be as many Martys fighting-folks at loose ends just looking for something to do. Randy McDoniels, 32, an unemployed construction worker, and Steve Slaymaker, 31, a heavy-equipment operator, are fighting, according to Randy, "just for the good times." Others stepping onto the scale express similar reasons: "Hell, my friends are doing it," or "We're out for some laughs...
...thought, but nonetheless was substantial enough. The President had reversed his standing in an Associated Press-NBC poll, which two months ago showed that only 38% of the public wanted him to run for re-election and that half the people did not want him even to try. A similar survey last week indicated that 50% of the public think he should run again and only 38% are opposed. Explains Investment Banker Nimrod Frazer, a Democratic fund raiser in Montgomery, Ala.: "People down here say that Carter has finally stopped fooling around and has taken charge. Taken charge-that...
...Miami-area voters will cast ballots on a proposal in favor of homosexuals' rights, 17 months after Singer Anita Bryant led a noisy and successful campaign to defeat a similar referendum. This time, however, backers have dressed up the question as a "full-equality ordinance" that includes prohibitions of discrimination against pregnant women, veterans, students, Hispanics and the handicapped as well as homosexuals. The proposition's chances are rated fifty-fifty. Not so for a second issue on the Florida ballot, which would permit casino gambling on the state's economically troubled gold coast. Hotel owners have...
...Israelis were also unhappy that the Egyptians demanded a precise timetable for Israeli military withdrawal from the Sinai but were unwilling to accept a similar schedule for the establishment of full diplomatic relations. The Israelis want to exchange ambassadors immediately following the signing of the peace treaty. The Egyptians want to proceed cautiously, first with liaison offices or missions, then with consulates and finally embassies...
...Daily-which authorized some police searches of newsrooms, has apparently not touched off the feared wave of such raids. In addition, a Gallup poll this month indicates that Americans support a reporter's right to protect confidential sources by a margin of 3 to 1, more than in similar surveys in 1972 and 1973. Still, more and more lawyers are using subpoenas of reporters as gambits in criminal trials. "They may even think they have to," says Floyd Abrams, the Times attorney representing Farber...