Word: startingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...representatives of the Patriotic Front and the Salisbury [security force] people talking to each other all the time. There should grow up from there an understanding of each other. After all, they are of the same nationality, and there is no reason why they shouldn't make a start. It may just be possible in some degree to start planning for an integration -during the election period-at the commanders' level...
...vaudevillians, Blondell went to Hollywood in 1930 and made 54 films in eight years, mainly playing gun molls and chorines. Later she perfected the role of the blowsy, wisecracking blond in The Cincinnati Kid, Grease and TV's Here Come the Brides. "It's fine to start out as a curvy biz-whiz," she said, "but it takes all the talent you've got in your guts to play unimportant roles...
...imports are relatively cheap now partly because the yen fell back sharply against the dollar last year. Generally, their prices have risen by just 1% to 5% since the start of the 1979 model year, while those of U.S. cars have moved up sharply: the cost of a Chevette has climbed by 13.1%, the Ford Pinto hatchback by 15.8% and the Omni/Horizon...
...baseball season is over, but a scoreless tie continues between Commissioner Bowie Kuhn and former Baltimore Orioles Owner Jerold Hoffberger. To start the second World Series game between the Birds and the Pittsburgh Pirates, Hoffberger invited Maryland Governor Harry Hughes, an old friend, to throw out the first ball. Kuhn, standing next to the Governor at the toss, was smiling, but his grin was deceptive. Hoffberger's choice violated a rule that all first-ball throwers must be approved by the commissioner, with politicians and movie stars acceptable only in rare circumstances. For disobeying the rule, Hoffberger, who last...
...them on toward the pennant. There are many sources to check sports stats, but for the even woollier recreation of rock 'n' roll, the research pickings have been slim. The Rolling Stone Record Guide (Random House/Rolling Stone Press; $19.95 hard cover, $8.95 in paper) is a lively start to ward righting this situation. No more trips to the record store to consult the catalogues. The Guide contains enough spirited information to begin reckoning that exact margin...