Word: wonderful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fabled old Greek, Diogenes, had he toted his lantern around Middlesex County, would have had an easier time finding an honest man than a Republican candidate for county office. The GOP is conspicuous by its absence in county races this November, and it leads one to wonder whether the "two party system" is a political phrase, or really the way in which a Belmont socialite spends his Saturday nights...
Five days and 10 hours. Hatch's people look around at each other. Yeah, Frank did look good tonight. They wonder if it will work. For the first time all fall their candidate got tough with Ed King, like he too realized the clock was running out. Mastrangelo, dressed in a gray flannel suit vest and pants, with little bulges of fat straining the buttons, says that Frank has been aggressive, and tonight's debate looked particularly good because for once they had all spent some time working on his speeches. As we're talking, Mastrangelo bites down...
True, the 1947 U.S.-Philippine agreement stipulated that the bases were to be rent free, but it also included an under standing of military assistance and protection for the Philippines, which was later gutted by the Nixon Doctrine (Guam, 1969). Is it any wonder, there fore, that the attitude of the Philippine government now is, "If you want to main tain bases here, pay rent for them...
...stage a duel with delicate cheese knives. A husband fears that his wife may have had an affair in a hotel room in Leeds. Not much happens during The Collection, but by the time the play is over at least three lives have been shattered. That's the wonder of Pinter: when tragedy strikes his characters, there are no fireworks, only an unnerving hush...
...Jekyll-Hyde skit of a week ago against Dartmouth was nothing compared to the offensive overdrive which opened the second half. With 30 minutes to go in the contest, it was 14-3 Princeton. With 25 minutes, 15 seconds remaining it was Harvard 24-14. You almost had to wonder whether the Palmer Stadium clock was observing Daylight Savings Time, for no "also-ran" football team can score that quickly...