Word: wanly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...making any mention of the incident. In fact, Brown did not learn what had happened right outside his office until a Ford aide brought up the matter after half an hour. Later, Ford insisted upon addressing the California legislature as planned, without mentioning what had occurred earlier. He looked wan and was unusually serious. Ironically, his topic was crime. Ford told the lawmakers that he was especially concerned about "the truly alarming increase in violent crime throughout this country" and advocated mandatory sentences "for persons found guilty of crimes involving the use of a dangerous weapon...
...year after the fall, Richard Nixon remains wan and drawn. At age 62, he tires easily and goes to bed early. He has developed high blood pressure. He continues to take daily injections of anticoagulant drugs to fend off any recurrence of his phlebitis. In his thoughts, he often indulges in moments of self-pity. He feels he has been deserted by many of his onetime friends. He considers himself Watergate's wronged victim rather than its chief villain. He blames the media, his political enemies and bad advice from former aides for his unique role in history...
...hanging face down from the straps holding them in their contour-fitted couches for several minutes until flotation balloons could right the capsule. But when they finally climbed out of the Apollo 45 minutes later, after it had been hoisted aboard the New Orleans, the astronauts appeared no more wan and weary than might be expected after a nine-day mission. They went through the traditional welcoming ceremonies, addressed the world from the carrier deck and took the obligatory call from the President...
Under the arrangement, the papers have kept their editorial independence, but the Examiner switched from morning to afternoon publication. Since the two dailies split Printco profits and losses fifty-fifty, the financially wan Examiner was able to improve its enfeebled condition, even though circulation dropped from 240,000 to its present 165,000 with the switch from...
...Married A Witch. Rene Clair's wan comedy which later became the television series "Bewitched." Made in 1942 with Frederic March and the late Veronica Lake. Tomorrow at the Women's Center, 230 Central St., Newton, at 8 p.m. Interesting from a feminist perspective...