Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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According to Dabney, the report that Jefferson had fathered the children was spread in a newspaper article in 1802 by one James T. Callender, whom Dabney described as "a vicious unscrupulous drunkard" who was angry at President Jefferson for refusing to appoint him postmaster at Richmond. An Ohio newspaper revived this charge in 1873, citing what Dabney termed the "testimony of two aged blacks." Historian Malone called the testimony a contrived bit of "abolitionist propaganda...
...unrest spread beyond Eritrea to Tigre province, just south of Asmara, where guerrillas blew up a bridge and halted a convoy of 50 army tanks bound for the relief of the city. In Addis Ababa, a few skirmishes took place between nervous soldiers and civilians. The government was said to be setting up three concentration camps in the capital in possible preparation for the internment of tens of thousands of Eritreans who live there. In case serious fighting breaks out in the city, the junta was reported to be moving Haile Selassie from the National Palace to a secret hideout...
...began a series of radio broadcasts on the first Thursday evening of each month that spread her fame across the Arab world. Concerts and records made a fortune for Umm Kulthum, who in private life was the wife of a Cairo physician. She also gave generously to Arab causes, and eventually Arab songwriters composed not only for her but about her. One verse: "Lovers, oh night, have deserted their beds and gathered, oh night, and I among them. Yes, all of them left their beds and gathered to listen to Umm Kulthum...
Harvard took honors at all but 134 as Tye Richardson lost a decision, 4-3, to Brown. Richardson missed a tie by one second, the one-point spread coming from 1:01 of Brown's riding time...
...about half. This was his signal in start the show. A cheap alarm clock was quickly adjusted and wound to keep taos off the length of the performance, and actress Lina Harvey dashed on some eyeliner. Jack Blessing mumbled about needing to hop to the John and everyone spread "Syntax" and kisses around for good luck. In a few seconds they all darted off onto the stage to begin the show's familiar opening number: a series of hilarious pantomines of various ballgames to illustrate to the spectator that "each proposition is your ball, you toss...