Word: stirring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prisoner immediately attracts thepaternalistic attention of the leader among the white prisoners, a tough Irish ethnic named Charlie "Longshoe" Murphy (Joseph Carberry). Longshoe willingly takes Davis under his wing, quickly briefing him on the subtleties of dealing with the floor's black and Hispanic prisoners. Clearly in stir for the first time, Davis impresses his guardian as being a greenhorn in need of some protection and guidance, and at least for the time being, there is little need to fear for Davis's fate...
...feel I owe the American people an explanation of what happened," said the frail, blue-eyed woman. After a decade of obscurity in Texas, Marina Oswald Porter, 36, was in New York City to face a press conference and stir up publicity for Marina and Lee, an account of her life with Kennedy Assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, written by Priscilla Johnson McMillan. "My regret through the years has been immense," said Marina, who now lives on a 17-acre farm outside Dallas with her three children (two by Oswald) and Kenneth Porter, a sewing-machine salesman. Marina, who will share...
Vance and Gromyko made some progress during their May meeting in Geneva, but the Russian still blasted Washington for seeking "unilateral advantages" from SALT, and the Soviet press denounced the Pentagon for attempting "to stir up a new round in the arms race...
...talk approvingly about having formal links with Jordan, whose ruler, King Hussein, desperately wants peace with Israel. Moreover, it is clearly in the interests of moderate Arab nations that a dangerously radical regime does not emerge in any Palestinian state. A radical Palestine would be as likely to stir up unrest in Jordan and Saudi Arabia, the Arabs' principal bankroller, as in Israel...
...forcefully this year." So, in a 60-sec. radio spot, a camper croons a story of how he left a fire burning, and then a bold new Smokey takes charge. He angrily bares his teeth and sings: "My name is Smokey, and I used to ask folks nice/ To stir their campfire with a stick and drown that fire twice./ Now, it's no more Mr. Nice Bear, 'cause I've had enough of you./ Just one last time I'll speak my mind and here's what you better do:/ Wipe out your campfire...