Word: blowup
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...middle-aged door mat. Though he makes a fool of himself over her, he never loses his discretion or his cool collector's eye. Here is Muhlbach on entering Lambeth's apartment for the first time: "On the walls a cheap Miro print, a Tantra poster, a blowup of Humphrey Bogart, half a dozen tissue paper collages." On her shelves, "a picture book about Marilyn Monroe. Scientology. I Ching. M.C. Escher prints. One of Heyerdahl's raft trips. A bestseller by a formidable lady with three names...
These additional steps can rescue the present system if the Administration pursues them systematically. Belief in Harvard's good faith has suffered during the lengthy housing debate, especially in the recent blowup over 1-1-2. This is the University's chance to fight such cynicism...
...bill by preparing the way for an eventual turndown in the event that it did not come up to his-and his Politburo colleagues'-expectations. According to this line of reasoning, Brezhnev may have reduced the damage to his position. But there is no question that the trade blowup has caused him problems. Just how severe they may be will be better gauged when British Prime Minister Harold Wilson arrives in Moscow next month. Will Brezhnev meet with Wilson? And what success will he have in promoting another of his cherished and long-thwarted goals, a 35-nation summit...
...shaky start in his first term as leader, steadied somewhat in his second and will need to provide firmer guidance in his third. At the same time, the most influential committee, tax-writing Ways and Means, remains under the chairmanship of Wilbur Mills. Although he survived his celebrated blowup with the "Argentine Firecracker" by comfortably winning reelection, Mills' grip on his committee has been seriously slipping. There is talk within the Democratic caucus of clipping the committee's jurisdiction or even easing Mills out as chairman. Next in line is Oregon's Al Ullman, a hard-working...
...whole blowup only proves once again that if an executive does not have a salary in line with his position and responsibilities, problems are bound to come...