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...remember seeing cars being turned over in Washington; I remember hearing of the activities and bombings of the Weathermen and Black Panthers; I remember hearing talk of revolution and slogans like "Burn, Baby, Burn!" I also remember seeing my parents' reaction...

Author: By Bret Schundler, | Title: On Joining the Demo ... | 5/9/1978 | See Source »

Former bureau officials believe that Gray may have trapped himself in the alleged conspiracy when he gave his deputy, Felt, sweeping authority to do something about the Weathermen, and then failed to keep a sharp eye on Felt and the zealous Miller. Says one ex-FBI man: "You've got to remember that in those days Gray spent only three days a week in headquarters. He was out on the road, touring FBI offices, making speeches. He was almost totally preoccupied with the Watergate scandal during the limited time he spent in FBI headquarters. When requests for approval...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Discord and Disturbance at the FBI | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

Rudd, who went on to join the Weathermen Underground movement, will make his first public appearance outside of a courtroom since his arraignment last year, Schachter added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Columbia Students Plan For Anniversary of Strike | 4/4/1978 | See Source »

Many older buildings are not readily adaptable to the Delta system, so instead they are regulated according to outside temperature by local controllers, called "weathermen," Mark says...

Author: By Susan H. Goldstein, | Title: The Great Chilled Water Bazaar Or Harvard's Energy Labyrinth | 1/12/1978 | See Source »

...solecism sweepstakes, television maintained its undisputed lead. Those who wanted weathermen to stop misusing a word ("Hopefully it'll be a good weekend") were left hopeless. Connoisseurs of outrageous grammar once relished close encounters of the Susskind. In 1977 Howard Cosell became the new favorite. "Our surmisal is correct" was one of many errors produced by the World Series; so was an "instrumentality of destruction" (a smoke bomb). Cosell's colleagues relayed his throes: "The Chiefs went into the game overwhelming underdogs"; "The player is loaded with inexperience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The State of the Language, 1977 | 1/2/1978 | See Source »

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