Word: zack
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...episode of ABC's popular series Family, the tomboyish daughter Buddy, 16, played by Kristy McNichol, also 16, was getting pressure from her boyfriend Zack (Leif Garrett) to sleep with...
Buddy didn't feel ready for sex, but another teen queen was buzzing seductively around Zack, and Buddy didn't want to lose him. Would she or wouldn...
Since this was TV, the answer is not hard to guess. Buddy's decision to remain chaste was realistic for a girl her age. Going to bed with Zack also might have been realistic, except that television's conservatism, especially in hit series, ruled it out. The show was not really about making a choice; it was a coy and irritating tease...
...first few months of his presidency, Jimmy Carter was viewed with fond and hopeful pride by the leaders of organized labor, who felt they had been decisive in his victory at the polls. "We were in a state of euphoria," recalls Al Zack, AFL-CIO spokesman and a confidant of Labor Chief George Meany. "We had a wish list that was a mile long." But then the disappointments began. Carter and Meany clashed over minimum wage, unemployment, and Social Security legislation. Meany found so many black marks on his list that he added them up and gave Carter a grade...
...wage from its present $2.30 an hour to $3.35 by 1981, an increase of 45%. Unlike in past efforts, the unions pulled out all stops to press for the measure, putting together a potent coalition of blacks, womens' groups, church and labor leaders. Said AFL-CIO Spokesman Al Zack of labor's hard-fought campaign: "This time we went to the Hill and lobbied on a person-to-person basis...