Word: sticklers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There is more than a touch of historical irony in the election of MacPhail and Joss this week. MacPhail was certainly no stickler for the rules while acting as general manager of the Reds, Yankees and Dodgers, and the election of Joss involved a direct violation of a time-honored rule...
...probe allegations of wrongdoing by high officials of the Hoover regime in 1976. The order was given by then Attorney General Edward Levi, after he concluded that the FBI's own investigation of the charges was a whitewash. Mostly, the report dwells on just how much Hoover, a stickler for rules as far as ordinary agents were concerned, could tolerate improper use of bureau resources by high officials-especially himself. In fact, much of the purpose of the FBI's exhibits section, which is supposed to prepare courtroom mock-ups of crime scenes, seemed to be to care...
...heart attack; in Sarasota, Fla. Kantor, great-grandson of a Union Army officer, first became intrigued by the Civil War at the age of ten, when he perused a Civil War encyclopedia. The intrigue became an obsession 20 years later as he launched his 42-book career. A stickler for accuracy, he did prodigious research, visiting and revisiting Gettysburg and Andersonville for his Civil War novels and flying eleven combat missions with the British Air Command for his World War II stories. His work was also the basis for the Academy Award-winning film The Best Years of Our Lives...
...Time is our competitor," he tells employees. They must serve food fast -or else the customer eats free. A stickler for cleanliness, Banner also has been known to startle (and please) customers by publicly apologizing for any slovenliness that he finds in his eateries. Now, as state liquor laws are relaxed, he plans to build more restaurants (he already has five) that serve cocktails and-surprisingly, at least for him-leisurely meals...
...arise between the forces supporting President Ford and Challenger Ronald Reagan. The most crucial one could be over whether delegates must vote for the candidate they were chosen to support by home-state voters, or whether they are free to cast their ballots as they wish. A companion stickler: Can delegates abstain? Since it is generally agreed that Ford's strength will wane if there is more than one ballot, Reaganites might attempt to promote abstentions, depriving the President of the winning 1,130 votes...