Word: swine
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Taking into account that among these beautiful talkers were dense hypocrites and adventurists like the much-talked about swine herd of the 1960s, there appeared a certain skepticism toward pretty words among part of our youth," Oleinik said...
...been denying I'd run for President since 1967. But I'm mayor of Asti, Calif. (pop. 7), now. That's a stepping city to the presidency." Ford's former press secretary Ron Nessen has put together a film of Ford falling down the plane ramp, announcing the swine flu vaccine program, falling on the ski slopes, liberating Poland in the debate with Carter, and showing off his WIN (Whip Inflation Now) button. "The media got those things all wrong," chortles Nessen. "Take the ramp incident. There's Ford down on all fours. He was just doing what the Pope...
...wrong, for this is pig racing, run on an 85-ft. sawdust oval track, and the porkers do not dawdle: the swiftest swine cross the finish line in 5 or 6 sec. In his best Kentucky Derby style, Holding calls the race: "Pigmalion's first out of the box, with the lead on the rail. Hamtrak settles into second, with Flying Frank third." Suddenly his voice rises excitedly: "Here comes Boaris Karloff on the outside, closing fast around the final turn!" Holding is drowned out by the shouts of the crowd as the pack pounds down the stretch...
...undisputed business manager, he gave her two more as presents. They decided to try quietly to find a buyer who would keep the remaining 240 works together. They found him nearby. Leonard E.B. Andrews, a Dallas-born publisher of 19 newsletters, including the National Bankruptcy Report and the Swine Flu Claim & Litigation Reporter, had a house in Newtown Square, Pa., had occasionally had dinner with the Wyeths, and already owned six of his works. After spending two hours with the collection, Andrews agreed to pay a multimillion-dollar sum for all of them and their copyrights. Not previously known...
...sometimes seems virtually totalitarian. A homeowner will be told how close to a lot line he can build or plant trees, how high his fences may be, what additions he may build. A piggery war broke out in Bolton, Mass., a town that traditionally earned its living by raising swine. Newcomers to the town proposed an ordinance limiting new piggeries to a maximum of eight swine. They were angrily voted down. A man named Stephen Kenney was hauled before the village court in the Buffalo suburb of Kenmore and ordered to cut the growth in his front yard...