Word: weres
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Howard Baker canceled his appearance, citing a speaking commitment in Iowa, but he had some operatives on hand who were handing out double shots of whisky to assuage the delegates' feelings. There was even a watering hole for Al Haig, who did not make it either and whose name...
Still, there was an electric excitement in the gathering despite the frivolity. The delegates were largely middle-aged and up, an assortment of party faithful from all 67 of Florida's counties. Many had come long distances at the break of day, and they felt they were important, part...
Then the delegates filed out to punch their voting cards. The results: Reagan, 34.4%; Connally, 26.6%; Bush, 21.1%; Crane, 13.8%; Baker and Dole less than 1%. Bush's finish was the surprise of the weekend. Reagan left before the results were announced. As the delegates departed, the loudspeaker system...
Last week, on Thanksgiving Day, Haiti finally got its concert hall and music school. Diplomats and Haitian Cabinet members were present for the dedication of the building, which contains a 500-seat auditorium. Five members of the Boston Symphony were also there, and so, of course, was Sister Anne Marie...
It was as great a sacrilege to devout Muslims as an attack on Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre would be to Christians, or a profanation of the Wailing Wall would be to Orthodox Jews. Last week, a day before the beginning of the Islamic New Year, a...