Word: walking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After Ford's first stop at the Hyatt Hotel on Union Square, he was wisked by limousine to the St. Francis Hotel, even though it was an easy one-block walk. The ride took 24 seconds. He sped past one sign: FREE PATTY HEARST, ARREST GERALD FORD! Six agents jogged beside the bulletproof car. Police with binoculars and rifles looked out over the Union Square park from atop high-rise buildings. Two crouched under a lofty FLY THE FRIENDLY SKIES OF UNITED sign...
Sipple lives in the sleazy tenderloin district in a fourth-floor walk-up apartment incongruously decorated with a chandelier, stained-glass windows and peacock feathers. He shares it with a merchant seaman. Sipple is known in San Francisco's large homosexual community, and two of its leaders, the Rev. Raymond Broshears and Harvey Milk, tried to make capital for the cause of the gay image out of Sipple's act. But Sipple refused to accept the role. He also gave high marks to the Secret Service: "Those guys did a terrific job. What more could they...
Trying to learn to walk like the heroes...
...minute walk through the fog brought us to our temporary quarters. Tomorrow we would take another all-night but ride, for Los Angeles, but tonight we had beds and could sleep horizontally...
Last week's flash-fire strike leaves the league mired in confusion. Players on prostrike teams headed into the weekend ready for revenge against opponents who refused to walk out, and that bitterness will not soon fade. Moreover, the Patriots promise they will walk out again if the owners fail to bargain seriously. Should that happen, New England is likely to pick up substantial support. Meanwhile, last week's event led many an irritated fan to an unexpected thought: Sunday without pro football might not be all that...