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Eugene McCarthy, former senator and presidential candidate, Ron Nessen, former press secretary to ex-president Gerald R. Ford, and Bella Abzug, former congresswoman, have also accepted invitations to speak at Harvard and meet informally with students, Janet Fraser, associate director of the Institute of Politics, said yesterday...
Elizabeth Griffiths, an Institute of Politics fellow, said yesterday Abzug will speak to her study group on "Issues of the Second Women's Movement" about abortion. Griffiths added that since Abzug "is capable of talking on any subject," she expects to cover a wide range of womens' issues
Though he is only 39, Manhattan Millionaire Stewart Mott is feeling old. But instead of wailing, he decided to go wassailing and celebrate his middle age with a Middle Ages party. He asked 667 of his friends (including Bella Abzug, Tammy Grimes and Norman Mailer) to "dress magnificantly -and medievally" and join him at New York's Cathedral of St. John the Divine for a feast. The menu included gyngere (gingered carp) and blancmange (spiced chicken in almond cream), all to be eaten only with fingers; potables were mead and hippocras (spiced wine). As the banquet's lord...
...President-elect who, during only one week of Cabinet choices, not only draws the disapproval of Ralph Nader, but also will not appoint Bella Abzug as Secretary of Transportation...
There were 18 women (13 Democrats and five Republicans) in the old House and 17 in the new. Two star-quality Democrats?New York's brassy Bella Abzug and Hawaii's pert Patsy Mink?gave up their seats in unsuccessful attempts to win Senate nominations. Abzug will be replaced by New York City Councilman Theodore S. Weiss, 48, who rejected suggestions that he vacate his Democratic nomination and let Abzug reclaim her old job. Mink's successor is Democrat Daniel Akaka, 51, a former aide to Hawaii's Governor George Ariyoshi...