Word: alabama
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most formidable early foe of ratification appears to be Alabama's wily Democrat James Allen, a master of parliamentary tactics. He vows to smother the treaties with amendments that would, in effect, force the Administration either to abandon the accord or reopen negotiations with Panama. If this tactic fails, he will try to dilute the treaties with Senate-passed reservations, which would not be legally binding but would commit the U.S. in a moral way, with unpredictable practical effect...
Team (first-place votes)W L 1. USC (23) 4 0 2. Oklahoma 4 0 3. Michigan (16) 4 0 4. Ohio State 3 1 5. Texas (1) 3 0 6. Colorado 4 0 7. Alabama (tie) 3 1 Arkansas 4 0 9. Nebraska 3 1 10. Penn State 3 1 11. Notre Dame 3 1 12. Texas A & M 3 1 13. Brigham Young (1) 3 0 14. California 4 0 15. Pittsburgh 3 1 16. Kentucky 3 1 17. Texas Tech 3 1 18. LSU 2 1 19. Wisconsin 4 0 20. Florida...
...numerically fixed standard of merit, such as grades and test scores that cannot be affected by other factors. A standard of this kind would suggest, for instance, that geographical distribution and socioeconomic background cannot be used as criteria in admissions, that Harvard cannot accept a poor black applicant from Alabama over a rich white one from New York City if the latter has a numerically better academic record. In view of the inequality of opportunity still present in this country, that is a highly disturbing implication...
First came the 200 tapes, some of them spicy conversations between Alabama Governor George Wallace and various lady friends, recorded by his wife Cornelia. Then a divorce petition mysteriously found its way into the hands of a Montgomery reporter. Last week matters between the Wallaces deteriorated even further. After almost seven years of marriage, Cornelia packed up her belongings and announced that she could "no longer endure the vulgarity, threats and abuse." No formal action has yet been taken, but if the case goes to court, friends predict, the fur will...
AILING. Frank M. Johnson Jr., 58, director designate of the FBI. The day after President Carter nominated him, the Alabama federal district judge was discovered to have an aneurysm, or abnormal swelling, of his abdominal aorta. After a 70-minute operation performed by Houston'. Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, in which the weakened portion of the aorta was replaced by a Dacron graft, Johnson was reported to be in "excellent" condition. He is expected to recover completely in six weeks. If his return to health is delayed Johnson said he would ask Carter to "secure someone else for the directorship...