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...former director of the Office of Management and Budget was hurt and angry when he was summoned shortly afterward to the White House by Hamilton Jordan, the President's special assistant and another of Lance's Georgia cronies. This time the White House confronted him directly with an unpleasant reality. Jordan suggested gently-but clearly-to Lance that he must keep as much distance as possible between himself and the President. Though there was no evidence that Carter had ordered Jordan's move, it seemed unlikely that he was unaware...
...inflation: across-the-board salary increases, including a 37% hike in the minimum wage to $520 a month, and increases in pensions and other social benefits. Marchais spent an hour with Giscard, pleading, he said, on behalf of "millions of workers who have reached the limit of their endurance." Afterward, the Communist leader declared: "I am convinced that the [center-right] majority will not solve the country's problems better tomorrow than it did yesterday." Translation: Giscard need not expect any warm cohabitation with the Communists in the foreseeable future...
...anger. But after six hours of intense talks between the two leaders, Begin had not budged an inch. After a final, hurried handshake, Carter failed even to walk his guest to a waiting limousine. He turned back toward the White House, his shoulders drooping in despair, and shortly afterward declared to a group of Congressmen: "The negotiations are at an end as far as the present time is concerned. I need your help and advice...
...Shortly afterward the Gibbs moved to Australia, eventually settling in a resort town called Surfers Paradise, where the boys-now known as the BGs-played some local clubs. The brothers' persistence landed them a record contract in Sydney, where, says Barry, "we proceeded to have about 14 flops in a row." Adds Maurice: "For that you get a chocolate record-and it melts." Undismayed, they announced that they wanted to go to England and elbow into the pop explosion. Dad at first opposed the plan and threatened to have his sons' passports canceled, then abruptly changed course...
...managed only three hits in the contest, and got all its runs in the third when designated hitter Bobby Jenkins reached on an error, Stenhouse walked, and then Bingham hit a triple to score them both before coming home himself on a throwing error by the third baseman immediately afterward...