Word: againe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Another leading conservative, Finance Committee Chairman Russell Long, had a close call but eventually prevailed. He wanted to lend a hand to a newcomer, Oklahoma's David Boren, a Democrat who is a supporter-of oil and gas interests. Long asked for a place for Boren on the Finance...
"They liked the talks," recalls Warnke, "'because they were treated as a superpower. They have no great characteristics of a superpower except military power." Time and time again the sense of loneliness showed itself. The Soviet Union has no real allies in the world. Partnerships are forced, unreliable. On...
American enforcement, like Colombia's, is hampered by corruption. Says Dade County, Fla., Chief of Narcotics Investigation Jack Rafferty: "The money floating around has the potential to corrupt nearly anyone." Coast Guard officers have reported attempted bribes of as much as $15,000, and one secretary working for the DEA...
Now they are squaring off again in an especially vitriolic takeover fight. While American Express Co. was secretly plotting its $880 million bid for McGraw-Hill, it quickly hired Joe Flom, 55, in part so that McGraw-Hill could not get him first. McGraw-Hill countered by hiring Lipton, 47...
Since 1971, A&P has cut the number of its stores from 4,400 to 1,800. Despite this reduction and a self-critical ad campaign that promised "to put price and pride together again," the company has either lost money or barely made a profit in every subsequent year...