Word: commitment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Elbert "Big Man" Howard, Deputy Minister of Information for the party, accused the U.S. Senate of conspiracy to commit murder and of producing laws which disenfranchize Panthers and put them at the mercy of the "racist pigs...
...first good-news newspaper." The Times will ban ads for cigarettes and skin flicks. The first issue, ready next week, will list stocks-but only those that have gone up. The lead story will report that in the U.S. last year 196,459,483 people did not commit a crime, 4,896,720 college students took no part in riots or demonstrations, and 201,489,710 Americans did not use illegal drugs...
There is a gamble in Nixon's decision to commit himself so heavily, but it seems a shrewd one. If the Republicans sustain serious setbacks, he will suffer a blow to his prestige. However, losses in a mid-term election are likely to be soon forgotten or explained away, while any gain in strength will be a boost for Nixon, allowing the President to claim that he has won a national referendum on his policies...
...either imbecilic or overeager-so much so that Joey gets one pregnant and marries her in a seizure of romantic guilt. The jobs evaporate; to survive, the trio becomes a menage a trois. The bad luck persists with the tenacity of winter. Tn lunatic desperation, the men commit a petty crime that escalates into violence. The only way out is the way west, and once again the Nova Scotia Home consumes the miles...
Anthony Poteete from Straus Hall won the freshman race held prior to the House race. Poteete ran throughout high school but "did not want to commit the time to run track for Harvard." he said...