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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...days' vacation in Plains, Ga., and Camp David. Carter acknowledges that a possible presidential rival, Senator Howard Baker, gave him the idea for the trip. Said Press Secretary Jody Powell: "Since Baker made several suggestions recently to the President and since the President could not accept some of them, he decided to take Baker up on this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Of Minestrone and Mondali | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

Israeli fears of political pressure were heightened by clear signals in recent weeks that the P.L.O. might be prepared to embrace Resolution 242 and accept Israel's right to exist in exchange for Palestinian self-determination and national independence. Mindful of Israeli sensitivities, U.S. officials flatly ruled out voting for any draft that endorsed an independent Palestinian state, but they have not dismissed the idea of approving a milder resolution that would affirm the Palestinians' legitimate political rights. Such phraseology would merely align the language of 242 with the Camp David accords, and Carter Administration officials doubted that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Putting on the Pressure | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

Southern said this week she wrote to Dean Rosovsky in June after returning from a semester sabbatical, telling him she could not accept reappointment as chairman. Her three-year term expired in January...

Author: By Susand D. Chira, | Title: Southern Resigns as Head Of Afro-American Studies | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

...extracurricular activities, about your psychotic roommate who threatened your life--you're much better off approaching a middle-level bureaucrat on his own turf than shooting too high. These men tend to share a thorough competence in their fields, and a willingness to help students as long as they accept certain ground rules...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: The College's Bevy of Bureaucrats | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

...about a 95-day dealer supply, are lined up outside plants in rows resembling Flanders Field. President Lee lacocca, who will become Chrysler chief executive by year's end, made an unprecedented appearance at the United Auto Workers' bargaining table last Friday to ask the union to accept a two-year wage and benefit freeze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Chrysler's Cry | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

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