Word: wonderful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Finally, there was the Olmec monkey trinket that the prosecution said had been given to her by S.L.A. Member Willie Wolfe. It was found in her purse when she was arrested-a fact that led jurors to wonder about her claim that Wolfe had raped her and that she could not stand him. "I believe she really did love Willie Wolfe," said a woman juror...
...Patty's sisters began to weep, as did U.S. Deputy Marshal Janey Jimenez, the defendant's photogenic escort for most of the trial. As for Patty, she betrayed no emotion, but her face was drained of color. She whispered almost despondently to one of her lawyers: "I wonder if I ever had a chance...
Standing out on the ice on that Thursday night in January, the people at the end of the line are getting anxious. They are not exactly worried whether or not Patti Smith is A Legend Before Her Own Time. More to the point, they wonder if they can be saved from frostbite. The guys at the door don't tell anyone what the limit will be. They are letting people in slowly, slowly, like a bloodletting. Two hundred and fifty people are allowed to challenge the fire laws before the last 50 are told to forget it. An hour...
...other mistake is still too sensitive to discuss in detail. It happened much later, and sometimes I wonder if it cost my man the presidency. It had to do with a lie that I neglected to tell the press at a time when not only John Marttilla's guerillas, who were masterminding Udall's campaign, but even Ellen McCormack had figured out how to play the media for all they were worth. And that was a lot in 1976. But more about Ellen McCormack later...
...husband are the first couple on the dance floor. The years between them add up to a tweedy century. They swirl in a self conscious foxtrot, counting every two beats as one. Their time is halved like this: for a few minutes they will dance absent-mindedly, staring in wonder at the crowd; then they will close their eyes, hug closer, and do a fair imitation of themselves thirty years earlier...