Word: veterans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wanderer with the label of Tarsus on his baggage." Lutheran Richard John Neuhaus marvels at Taylor's way of playing with a single word: "He whispers it and then he shouts it; he pats, pinches and probes it," each new sentence adding a shade of meaning. Taylor, a veteran community activist and a nationally influential churchman, has been at Concord Baptist for 31 years. He is widely regarded, with justice, as the dean of the nation's black preachers...
...Kennedy's problems may be that he has been surrounded by young Senate staffers, and he has lacked the shrewd counsel of a political veteran to help deal with the constant crises that come up during a hectic tour. To remedy that, Campaign Manager Stephen Smith last week dispatched John Reilly, 51, a lawyer and longtime Kennedy crony, to inspect operations on the road...
Haughey and Lynch have long disliked each other, and Haughey's selection was a clear defeat for his predecessor. A 22-year party veteran who has held four major Cabinet posts, Haughey (pronounced Hah-he) won with the votes of Fianna Fáil M.P.s from the traditionally republican counties in the West and on the Ulster border. His wife Maureen's father was Sean Lemass, a veteran of the 1916 Easter Rising and a former Prime Minister. Haughey's climb to party leadership was interrupted in 1970 when he was tried, and acquitted, in a Dublin...
...second half, Kleinfelder's troops regained their poise and turned the game around. Clutch foul shooting by Boutillier and veteran center Elaine Holpuch catapulted Harvard into the lead after five minutes of play, a lead the squad never relinquished...
Number six man Bob Blake rounded out the Crimson scoring with a three-game sweep of plebe Mark Milet, while number eight Chas Duffy fell to veteran Lou Yuengert in three straight...