Word: armes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, another barrage of anti-Turkey mail is hitting Capitol Hill, and it is now up to the House of Representatives to make its difficult decision. There is no comparable Turkish lobby active in Washington. The case for Turkey is, instead, being made vociferously and with potent political arm-twisting by the Administration. As in the Senate, the final House vote is expected to be close...
...Chris Evert, Wimbledon was more like Waterloo. First she was upset in the semifinals by Billie Jean King. Then ex-Boy Friend Jimmy Connors brought Actress Susan George on his arm to watch his own upset in the men's singles (see SPORT). Said Chris: "He is no longer my fiancé, and all thoughts about marriage have been shelved." All of which helped Billie Jean look like the coolest competitor around. She acquired a striking outfit that she threatened to wear (but did not) to the Wimbledon ball: Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp costume. Then, having proclaimed...
...Arm Twisting. House Democrats were more united on the bill than on almost any controversial economic legislation in memory. They had also picked up, they were confident, the 49 Republicans who had voted for final passage last month. In addition, they had the muscle of powerful lobbies-the AFL-CIO, the United Auto Workers, the National Education Association...
...they had not counted on an extraordinary and almost Lyndonesque display of political arm twisting by that 25-year veteran of the House, Gerald Ford. The President arrived back in Washington from his European trip at midweek. Minority Leader John Rhodes and G.O.P. Whip Robert Michel had already been at work among the potential Republican defectors. For those with aching economic problems in their home districts, Michel spelled out an escape: they could vote against the Democrats and then support his own much reduced version of the jobs bill...
Beverly Geltzer of Baldwin, N.Y., was not unduly upset when her son Jordan, 12, broke his arm during a gym class last week. But her coolness turned to anger when she took her son to a nearby hospital. There she learned that neither her own physician nor any other orthopedic surgeon was available to set the arm, and Jordan would have to be treated at Nassau County Medical Center, where he was to wait six uncomfortable hours before his injury could be handled in the busy emergency room. "It's unbelievable," said Mrs. Geltzer. "I feel like...