Word: specked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. Harry Romanoff, eightyish, one of the last of Chicago's Front Page-style reporters; in Chicago. "Romy" became famous for the telephone impersonations that often enabled him to scoop rivals without ever leaving the city room. Consider his coverage of the 1966 Speck murder case: as soon as he heard the news, he called the house where the eight nurses had lived, identified himself as the coroner, and pumped a cop on the scene for all details-minutes before the real coroner appeared...
Where in the beginning there was not even a speck of dust...
...restaurant, a notch or two above a stylish luncheonette, has been lovingly sanitized. Don't bother looking for a speck of dirt or any antique grime cherished from the old Bick era. A dark blue rug covers the ungodly Bick tile, and a double set of glass doors throws up a space-lock between the dining room and the filthy sidewalk ecology outside. The fancy Shakespearean name and the fleur-de-lis table mats won't fool too many patrons: this place is about as Elizabethan as Dayton, Ohio...
Seals' lead was short-lived, however. Providence's Bill Speck passed him shortly after the mile point and was never caught. After the first two miles, Speck moved away from the pack of pursuers...
...four-mile point, Connolly had taken over the second spot and eventually finished second behind Speck, whose winning time was a rather slow 26:50. Connolly's time was 27:07. Quirk was third, while Seals, Tom New, and George Barker tied for fourth to seal...