Word: variously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...three practice sessions a day have included one-touch and walk-through scrimmages to "get the players to think ahead." Ford has emphasized defensive skills and is working on getting the players to create and to recognize man advantage situations in various areas of the field, one of the weaknesses last season...
...President. Local merchants, worried about a drop-off in the number of tourists who thronged the town a year ago, expect him to stroll the streets and attract crowds during his well-publicized trips home. So the President grinned his way along jammed sidewalks for the mandatory stops at various local stores. Jimmy also had to pay a visit to Cousin Hugh Carter, whose tattletale book about the family has dismayed several of its members. He and Rosalynn both accepted embraces from their cousin to avoid any fresh newspaper speculation about a family rift...
...Davis' and have followed his trials for two years. Many are bleached blondes, with heavy makeup and flashy jewelry, resembling Priscilla or Davis' girlfriend, Karen Master. They chew gum and file their nails during the proceedings. During the recesses, they talk of their fondness for the various participants, especially the darkly handsome Davis, as if they were favorite characters on a television soap opera. Says one spectator, Mrs. Texas Methven, a middle-aged retired secretary: "I'm praying for him. He's a good businessman and looks nice. He'd be a good Christian...
...Daily Metro (circ. 400,000) is the inspiration of Frederick Iseman. 25, a pre-strike assistant editor at the Times. The Metro is being aided by the Post in various ways, principally with distribution. The Times has provided distribution help on a smaller scale to the City News. Rupert Murdoch, publisher of the struck Post, reportedly signed an agreement to buy the Metro if Publisher Iseman ever wants to sell it. Iseman insisted he has no such plans, but some of the city's numerous Murdoch-haters speculated that the Australian's hidden motive is to fold the ailing Post...
...bluegrass songs played by street musicians. The streets between the buildings, once choked with produce trucks, have been closed to traffic. Now pushcart vendors hawk their wares-scrimshaw knives and jewelry, puppets and pottery-while in the North and South Markets, scores of small shops offer highly specialized merchandise. Various stalls comprise an international bazaar of imported delicacies. In Quincy Market, the center hall, shoppers may sample raw oysters, yogurt cups...