Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some of the witnesses who spoke for and against the research at the council last week were far less commendable. These scientists had the opportunity to focus on the true hazards and benefits of the research. They could have stated their goals objectively and clearly. But few on either side took that path...
...recent Saturday, picking his way through the 280 acres of thick woods around his lovely, tall-shuttered house 18 miles north of Atlanta, Kirbo spoke of his relationship with Carter and the possibility of going to Washington with him. He wore blue jeans, and as he loped through his plantings of grapes and sweet potatoes and peach trees, he was trailed by two of his three daughters, Betsy, 17, and Kathy, 13. He pointed out the old pump house, soundproofed with egg cartons, where his son Charlie practices with his rock band, called Pumphouse & Company. "I would never pick...
Some 37 million Italian voters went to the polls. The Christian Democrats, under their reform-minded Party Secretary Benigno Zaccagnini, 64, had played down responsibility for a sick economy with 20% inflation, 7% unemployment and a $20 billion deficit. Zaccagnini spoke instead of a "policy of renewal" within the party; Christian Democrats everywhere had played on fears that Italy-and the Western Alliance-would be changed irrevocably if Communists were allowed a share in government...
Flying Divots. He forced through the company's board a reorganization plan that named him Genesco's first chief executive officer. A year later, Maxey Jarman retired from the board; although he visited the Genesco headquarters almost daily to chat with friends, he and his son hardly spoke. Meanwhile, Frank shut down 177 marginal Kress stores, sold such subsidiaries as San Remo men's suits and I. Miller women's shoes, slashed more than 10,000 employees from the payroll and installed a new management team. "There were a lot of people around here who didn...
...League's East Division, where a slow start had them six games behind the team that has tormented them for decades, the New York Yankees. When the sale was announced early Tuesday evening, Boston Manager Darrell Johnson said: "We'll show them something in Yankee Stadium." He spoke too soon...