Word: weekending
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recent years a reputation as the most obnoxious team in the Eastern League (their totally uncalled for 102-11 romp over hapless Penn last season is a case in point), and it is extremely doubtful that even their notoriously shady home officiating can rescue them from their fate this weekend...
...Last weekend, however, the swimming stopped. Folding chairs and activists replaced chaise lounges at poolside, and the sign outside read: "Workshop at 2:30--Fighting Corporations From the Inside." In the midst of Washington wealth, the national conference of the Democratic Agenda (DA)--a broad but shaky left-liberal coalition seeking to "set an agenda for the 1980's"--was in high gear. And after three days of meetings, plenary sessions, workshops, a luncheon and a dance, the disparate assortment of 2000 or so students, trade unionists, consumer activists, veteran '60s radicals (including former SDS and Harvard strike leader Michael...
Still glowing with the jubilation of this weekend's 22-7 upset win over Yale, Durst said, "This is an honor for me, and it also marks the start of next season. We've got something to prove to people. We're going to shoot for 10-0 and show people that we can play like we did on Saturday...
...under guard in the embassy, were visited by Swedish, Syrian and other diplomats. Some were allowed to send letters, and 33 reputedly signed a petition supporting their captors' demand that the U.S. extradite the Shah. Khomeini let it be known that he would not be receiving visitors over the weekend, thereby precluding for the moment much chance of direct negotiations for the prisoners' release...
President Carter was first informed of the seizure of the embassy as he was spending a quiet weekend at Camp David. He conferred by phone several times during the day with top advisers, including Vance and Brzezinski. The President was grim-faced when he arrived at the White House at 8:15 Monday morning; he promised newsmen a statement, but then decided to wait for further developments. Meanwhile, the National Security Council went into almost continuous session. Initially, Washington had been relieved to receive Prime Minister Bazargan's promise that he was ready to help. But Bazargan's position...