Word: sported
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sunday Service. Getting Powell to pay has become almost a sport for Attorney Rubin and bystanders. In one series of moves starting in April, Rubin obtained a subpoena to examine Powell's financial records. But subpoenas in noncriminal cases cannot be served on Sunday, the only day Preacher Powell can readily be found in New York. Finally nailed at the end of summer, he nonetheless failed to show up in a state Supreme Court. Rubin then started contempt of court proceedings; once more, Powell ducked court orders until a U.S. marshal caught up with him two months later...
Died. Symon Gould, 70, founder (in 1948) and 1960 presidential candidate of the American Vegetarian Party, who militantly opposed the killing of animals for sustenance, sport or style...
...preserves like Tennessee's Hunter's Haven, the sport is still the thing. Hunters are warned not to shoot females or small, "nontrophy" animals. Baits are never used, and "still hunting" (stalking) is encouraged. When it comes to pulling the trigger-even against a charging boar-the hunter is strictly on his own: guides carry no weapons except skinning knives and shinny up the nearest tree at the first hint of danger. "We'll help you find your animal," says Owner Wolfenbarger. "But you have to shoot it yourself...
Swimming, however, was Kennedy's favorite sport and the one in which he performed best. He swam back-stroke four years and "worked damn hard at it," a friend said. Coach Harold Ulen remembers him as a good swimmer but not an outstanding one; he also recalls that Kennedy was frequently...
...calling for "moral regeneration." He is criticized for putting all his friends from his home province of Pampanga into administration jobs, and the charge is hurtful because most other Filipinos think the people of Pampanga are idle, spendthrift and treacherous. Says a Manila businessman: "Filipinos elect Presidents for the sport of knocking them down...