Word: board
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...repeated in 25 cities in ten states last month as he cantered north from his Texas ranch in his quest for the White House. He has paced himself carefully, first courting the faithful of his adopted party and luring many of its leaders into his camp, then hitting the board rooms where his fund-raising ability is legendary. This month he will be on the road for 25 days in 16 states. His extravagant television campaign, which highlights his service as Texas Governor, Navy Secretary and Treasury Secretary, will hit screens wherever there are votes...
Reason: in its rush to adjourn, the state legislature failed to pass a law extending the life of the board that licenses and regulates psychologists. Since July 1 Florida's counties have issued local licenses to all comers. Bade County alone certified more than 200 psychologists in July, then had doubts and revoked the permits...
...Fonda accused them of "McCarthyism," a charge that was echoed by 200 other show-biz celebrities, including Jane's father Henry. But Brown's cause was not helped by an earlier appointment. On Hayden's recommendation, he had named Chris Matthews to the Santa Cruz County board of supervisors. Matthews, who had spent a year and a half in prison for smuggling marijuana, then appointed John Hanna to the agricultural advisory board in Santa Cruz. Hanna is appealing a five-year sentence for bombing crop-dusting aircraft in protest against pesticides...
...Soviets on board were asked by Makeyev to remain on the plane. After ten hours, 68 non-Soviet passengers were allowed to disembark; 44 were Americans bound for a seminar on the Soviet legal system. They had already received their first lesson...
Adams' work?and his 60-year association with the Sierra Club, including 37 years as a member of its board of directors?has exerted a steady pressure on U.S. conservation and parks policy. Adams' limited-edition book Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail (1938) helped persuade Franklin D. Roosevelt to shepherd a bill through Congress that turned the Kings Canyon area of east-central California into a national park...