Word: ago
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...near freezing day in Boston, Nick Deane, 35, sees his dream in jeopardy. Two years ago, for $265,000, the novice developer had bought an incomparable old factory building for conversion into 21 condominium apartments and several offices. The 19th century structure, designated a historical landmark because it has one of the oldest cast-iron facades in the Northeast, commands spectacular views of Boston. Every unit in the planned conversion was sold before Deane went to the bank for his building loan. With 10% up front from every investor in the building and all the cash he could pull together...
...visibility of his wife Rosalynn might not be hurting his own image as a strong leader, Carter spiritedly defended her "very strong role" in public life and her political campaigning. Needling reporters a bit, he claimed that Rosalynn had not notably stepped up her public appearances from a year ago, but "the difference is that now the press is paying attention to where my wife goes and what she says...
Utah Governor Scott Matheson, who chaired the conference, declared later: "The West is not as angry as it was a little while ago." Even Colorado's Richard Lamm, an early Carter critic, seemed mollified. Said Lamm of the President: "His words were very reassuring...
...global competition, this season the U.S. harvest of corn, soybeans, wheat and other grains will humble even mythology. The Soviets know. With tensions high over the troops in Cuba, Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland was not sure Moscow's grain negotiators would even show up a few days ago to review purchases. They did, and signaled that they would buy 25 million metric tons of grain, a new high. Burly, dark-haired Boris Gordeev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade, leaned across a table and told about the hot dry weather that had pinched Soviet production (by as much...
...policy. He expressed his interest in the region early by dispatching his wife Rosalynn, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and then U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young on official visits. In 1977 the National Security Council set up an interagency task force to review the area's problems. Two months ago Vance sent former Under Secretary of State Philip Habib on a ten-day tour of the area to re-examine U.S. policy. Among Habib's still secret recommendations: providing generous aid through multilateral organizations like the Caribbean Group for Cooperation in Economic Development, which includes several European nations...