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...Elton but stay clear of Father's on a Saturday night. So maybe if a townie leans out his car window to inquire, "Move it, ya Hahvahd queah!" you pretend not to notice. But you move it--silently consoling yourself perhaps with the words Kid McCoy used after he woke up from a knockout by Joe Gans: "I'm not a fighter. I'm a lover...

Author: By Adam W. Glass, | Title: Curious George Fights the Champ | 11/22/1977 | See Source »

According to the woman, some time during that evening she was drugged, and woke up naked in bed with Lusis, who was trying to rape her. She claims that she pushed him away, got dressed, ran out of the apartment and reported the attempted rape to her FBI superiors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Honorable Schoolboy | 11/14/1977 | See Source »

...SEPTEMBER 11, 1974, the residents of Santiago. Chile, woke up to hear tanks rumbling through their streets; four years ago, the democratically-elected government of Salvador Allende was overthrown by a military junta supported by U.S. arms and money; four years ago, the junta, headed by General Augusto Pinochet, initiated its reign of bloody terror, beginning with the murder of Chileans who tried to protect their constitutional right to choose their own government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chile: Four Years Later | 9/12/1977 | See Source »

...that election," said one former aide. "That's the way they did it down there. In 1941, when Lyndon ran the first time for the Senate, he went to bed one night thinking he was 5,000 votes ahead of W. Lee ("Pappy") O'Daniel, and he woke up next morning 10,000 votes behind. He learned a thing or two between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: L.B.J.: The Softer They Fall | 8/15/1977 | See Source »

Down by three, Boston finally woke up and thanks to a walk to Fisk, a double by George Scott, a single to left-center by newcomer Tommy Helms, and a base hit by Steve Dillard, put Gullett to bed and tightened things...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Yanks Tip Sox 5-4 For Series Sweep | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

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