Word: virginians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...college student living in Norfolk, after he enlisted in 1982. They have been apart most of the time since he went to sea. At the time of his arrest, a 15-lb. cache of classified documents was found near his bunk on the Nimitz. Rachel tearfully told a Virginian-Pilot reporter, "All I want to do is close my front door and not open it until this is all over...
...other Americans. Said an FBI spokesman: "We expect there will be additional arrests in this matter." Agents have questioned John Walker's half brother, a Navy enlisted man, but no charges have been brought against him. Interviewed at the Baltimore city jail by a reporter for the Norfolk daily Virginian-Pilot, John Walker expressed concern that his arrest might cause trouble for his family and others, but demonstrated a curious bravado about his own fate. Said he: "I'm a celebrity...
...Weaver, 61, the preeminent interpreter of Italian prose, is a Virginian who lives and works in the Italian hill country between Arezzo and Siena. To prevent his English from becoming too Italianized, he makes yearly trips to New York City, where he consults with his most "nurturing" publisher, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich's Helen Wolff. When Weaver is not translating such writers as Alberto Moravia, Elsa Morante and Italo Calvino, he reads vast quantities of American mysteries, which he reviews for the London Financial Times. "Crime books," he maintains, "are very good at keeping you abreast of what people...
Several clutch spikes were cracked by 6-ft. 5-in. Flo Hyman, 30, a member of the U.S. national team since 1975. In the oddest-sounding events, like the men's English match small-bore rifle competition (won by West Virginian Ed Etzel), the impression of a rout was confirmed. Where did the U.S. find Air Rifle Markswoman Pat Spurgin, or Greco-Roman Wrestlers Steve Fraser and Jeff Blatnick, or Cyclists Steve Hegg and Mark Gorski? All have won gold medals...
...over the South, in a remarkable display of grace, blacks forgave the injuries of the past. Says the Rev. Donald W. Shriver, a native Virginian who is president of Union Theological Seminary in New York City: "I think the decision by descendants of black slaves in this country to become citizens and active members of this society is a remarkable case of forgiveness. By and large, blacks have had a steadier sense of belonging to the United States and of being true citizens than many of those who have oppressed them." Says Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young: "We shared the burden...