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Dates: during 1970-1979
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CHARLES MATHIAS. The Maryland Republican has large Jewish constituencies in Baltimore and in Montgomery County, near Washington. But, determined to act independently, he sought advice on the plane deal from both Kissinger and Christopher. As he leaned toward approval of the sales, he talked to such all-out opponents as Amitay and Jerold Hoffberger, owner of the Baltimore Orioles. On a weekend trip to California, Mathias was told by a former president of the Los Angeles Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith: "My agency is pulling all the stops out, but I disagree; I think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Jewish Lobby Loses a Big One | 5/29/1978 | See Source »

What Byrd, the White House and some 54 Senators are fighting for is the so-called labor-reform bill, which would amend the 1935 National Labor Relations Act. In general, it would make it easier for unions to organize workers and harder for companies to oppose unionization. Specifically, the bill would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Filibuster Ahead | 5/29/1978 | See Source »

Before they made it back to the station they received a call on the radio. It was a man with heart trouble, and it was no act this time. The man was in bad shape when Rescue arrived, and he started to go completely on the truck. They began to furiously apply cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and managed to keep him going until they reached Mt. Auburn Hospital. Bob maintained the rhythmic pumping of the man's chest all the way into the trauma room, where an emergency team waited with equipment to try and shock the heart back into...

Author: By David Beach, | Title: The Dark Side of Cambridge: A Night With Rescue | 5/26/1978 | See Source »

...from Madame Rosa as Momo is, or so she seems. On the exterior Madame Rosa is not excessively warm though she is certainly attached to Momo. Nor is Momo particularly emotional, either. Rather, their appearances reflect little while Madame Nadine, on the other hand, is nothing but appearances. She acts overly concerned, but it is only an act. Like her children who send Momo fleeing by calling him an Arab she is no more than fascinated by what he is. She listens to his story, and records it, but when he runs out of the house she makes no attempt...

Author: By Anna Simons, | Title: Substance Over Form | 5/24/1978 | See Source »

Qoboza said he was treated relatively well in prison, in part because he was arrested under one of the less severe sections of South Africa's Internal Security Act, and in part because of the international outcry his arrest provoked...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Qoboza, Released From Jail, Returns to Get Tufts Degree | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

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