Word: madison
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wanted: statesmanlike figure bearing close resemblance to James Madison (or someone who at least has read him) to direct possible second Constitutional Convention devoted to balancing budget and perhaps other matters. No Keynesians need apply. Address: Box 1787, c/o U.S. Congress...
Barbara and Gordon Ray, of Madison, Wis., want to adopt a child. They thought this would not be too difficult. Their doctors had told them it was very unlikely they could have a child of their own. When the two 28-year-olds applied to the state Health and Social Services Department, Mrs. Ray, who is 5 ft. 9 in. and weighed 210 Ibs., was told she had to lose weight. Her obesity was a health problem, explained the state physician who examined her. Mr. Ray, a shipping and mail clerk at the University of Wisconsin...
...list, with 1978 sales of $4.3 billion, earnings of $181 million, and more than 100,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, the New York-based conglomerate produces movies (Saturday Night Fever, Grease) and TV series (Laverne & Shirley, Mark & Mindy), publishes books (bestsellers by Graham Greene and Irving Wallace), owns Madison Square Garden and several athletic teams (including New York's basketball Knicks and Washington, D.C.'s soccer Diplomats). G&W also sells insurance, makes consumer and commercial loans, processes sugar, and manufactures clothing, electronic equipment, paper and auto parts...
...Rangers actually managed to win a playoff game against Buffalo last year, a 4-3 OT thriller at Madison Square Garden, when Don Murdoch scored at 1:37 of extra time. But earlier in the sudden-death session, two apparent goals, one by each team, had been disallowed. Who "scored" them...
...teams, neither one of them from New York, played a regular season game at Madison Square Garden during the 1967-68 season. Why did they play there, what were the teams, and what was the game's final score...