Word: slots
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...accession of President Ford. Now all that has changed. It will take weeks and months for the full political effects of Ford's presidency to become known, but by last week leading Republicans and Democrats were already busily assessing the post-Nixon political box score, trying to slot the winners and losers...
...latter particularly reflect the influence of nearby Las Vegas. The Joker's Wild offers giant slot machines that inform players of their question categories and winnings. Gambit is a variation on blackjack, while High Rollers is essentially a dice game with questions worked in. There are more celebrities -and more well known-on the L.A. shows. A huge pool of talent whose prime-time series have been canceled are glad to pick up this bargain-basement work. The computerlike electronics of the score-keeping on these shows is probably a fallout from the region's interest in space...
...support among blacks as an early Republican proponent of civil rights, ordered integration of state-owned parks and beaches, and ended Baltimore's ban on black public-transit motormen. As the man who nominated Eisenhower in 1952, he was a serious contender for the running mate's slot...
...Father Kenneth Baker, 44, is an energetically conservative Jesuit educator who has edited the monthly Homiletic and Pastoral Review (circ. 17,000) since 1971. Like Francis, Baker won his editorial slot through the good offices of fellow Jesuit Dan Lyons, who found backers to buy the ailing magazine. Baker has kept the Homiletic open to a broader range of viewpoints than the Register. But Baker too believes that the bishops have largely abandoned their magisterium-their teaching office...
...funny. It is not. It is paranoid. Condon clearly wrote the novel to take his suspicions for a stroll, and what he suspects is that the very rich are in conspiratorial control of the country. It turns out that Keegan's billionaire father, in the Old Joe Kennedy slot, arranged with fellow oligarchs to kill his son because President Tim was showing signs of believing his own guff about helping the blacks and the poor...