Word: virginals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lifetime," said one survivor-and when it was over two U.S. sailors lay dead and ten others, including all of the women, were wounded. The dead were Petty Officer 1st Class John R. Ball, 29, of Madison, Wis., and Radioman 3rd Class Emil E. White, 20, of Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands, who was driving...
Ratso Rizzo, the crippled hustler of Midnight Cowboy. The grizzled old codger of Little Big Man. The myopic counterfeiter of Papillon. The eager virgin of The Graduate. Carl Bernstein of All the President's Men. Dustin Hoffman has played them all in a career of dazzling virtuosity. But in Kramer vs. Kramer, he has assumed perhaps the most difficult persona of all: Dustin Hoffman...
...barrels of Iranian oil that until last week had entered the U.S. each day. Amerada Hess, the largest single supplier, delivered about 200,000 bbl. of the total. Much of it was processed at the company's refinery at St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, then transshipped to mainland U.S. ports. Among the other big suppliers, Gulf Oil provided about 135,000 bbl. a day, Ashland Oil shipped about 100,000 bbl. and Exxon averaged around...
...dose of religion. A sign in the locker room proclaims: GOD + EFFORT + DEDICATION BRINGS VICTORY. Although about 15% of Faust's players are non-Catholic, they all pray together after practice. On game days they attend benediction in the school chapel, then gather round a statue of the Virgin Mary to pray again. Before taking the field, at halftime, and again after the game, further prayers are offered. Admits Assistant Coach Jeff Liebert: "I think we do pray a little more than anybody else...
...both oil bought directly from Iran and refined products bought from third countries. The DOE estimates total imports of Iranian oil are about 700,000 barrels a day from Iran itself and another 200,000 to 300,000 barrels of heavy fuel oil refined in the Bahamas and the Virgin Islands...