Word: winging
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...behind the assassinations. The first maintains that Letelier, as a representative of the more moderate, "non-revolutionary" section of the Unidad Popular, was killed by the more extreme left elements of the Chilean resistance. While indeed a mathematical possibility, this argument depends on three questionable assumptions: first, that the wing of the Chilean resistance has achieved a level of technical competence in explosives far beyond any previously ascribed to it; second, that there is an active enmity between the two elements of the Chilean resistance, rather than the amicable cooperation which in fact exists; and third, that any extreme left...
...meeting looking pale and angry. He took off immediately for the Rhodesian border town of Umtali, where the annual congress of his Rhodesian Front Party was under way. Though it seems hard to imagine, Smith is a moderate by Rhodesian standards, and at Umtali he faced a right-wing revolt led by Party Chairman Desmond Frost, who would like to split Rhodesia into black and white sectors under overall white control. After six hours of speechmaking and debate, Smith forced the issue in a dramatic scene. "Are you with me or are you not?" he demanded...
...Herold can get some help from his other fullbacks--right wing Kevin Jiggetts (a strong substitute last year), left wing Bob Carey, and sweeper Grassby (a converted striker)--the defense will be strong. If he doesn't, it may be as porous as the Teton...
Fast Lip. Steiger, 45, is a New York-born Jew who headed west 28 years ago and worked successively as rodeo bulldogger, airplane wing-walker, horse-race broadcaster, rancher and-since 1967-U.S. Congressman. He frequently sports lizardskin cowboy boots, silver belt buckles and pearl-buttoned shirts. Endowed with the brashest and fastest lip in Arizona politics, he once angered fellow Congressmen by observing that many of them were usually too drunk to be trusted pushing a wheelbarrow. More recently, he made headlines by shooting two burros that he claimed attacked him on a neighbor's ranch near Prescott...
...with the house band, Red Balaban & Cats. While Bella boogied, Balaban introduced a new campaign song, sung to the tune of I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate. Sample lyrics: "I wish I could legislate like my sister Bella/ She can write better laws than any right-wing fella." Chances are, she also plays a meaner mandolin, at least judging by her rendition of My Melancholy Baby...