Word: wanted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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According to your article, Smith said that "Purvis ran up and ordered: 'Back away from that man, I want to talk to him.' Pretty Boy glared and cursed, at which point, said Smith, Purvis turned to G-Man Herman Hollis and said: 'Fire into him.' Hollis obeyed, said Smith, killing Floyd with a burst from a tommy...
...Ayatullah seems to be, he would not dare to touch the Soviet embassy. The point is that the Soviets are in a position, and of a disposition, not to take such events lying down. The fact of the matter is, as Mr. Nixon used to say, if we want to be a pitiful, helpless giant, we're well on the way to seeming...
...Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne. Still smarting from heavy-handed pressure to endorse the President, Byrne railed at Carter in a way that made Kennedy's gibes seem mild by comparison. "Statements and threats have been delivered by Carter and his people," she charged. "I do not want to support a candidate because of blackmail and intimidation." Asked if she would meet Carter when he goes to Chicago for a fund raiser next month, the mayor snapped, "If I'm in town...
...large body of the Democrats who nominated Pierce in a steamy Baltimore convention didn't want him to be President any more than did Jane Appleton Pierce. It took three days and 49 ballots, and they ended with a Northerner who by some bizarre logic found that the Constitution allowed Southern states to practice "involuntary servitude." Pierce's presidency went downhill from that trough...
...wanton murder of Lord Mountbatten in Southern Ireland last August, has eroded much of the I.R.A.'s support in the largely Catholic Republic. "They started well but now they're Communists," growled a Dublin workman over a pint of Guinness last week. "They don't want Irish unity...