Word: bonde
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wife studied a bit of art history, and of course he read much of the literature of the South, William Faulkner being a principal source. Like John Kennedy, Carter had fun along the way too. He has read with some relish, he confesses, most of the James Bond spy thrillers...
...perhaps coincidentally, may be Griffin's chief competition for the Senate minority leader's job next January). The First Family had its preferences too. Betty Ford urged more than token consideration for Anne Armstrong; Son Jack liked a mayor, Pete Wilson of San Diego, and two Governors, Christopher ("Kit") Bond of Missouri and Dan Evans of Washington. Henry Kissinger promoted a lame-duck incumbent, his former mentor Nelson Rockefeller. Of the Cabinet members, only Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz recommended Dole highly?because of the Kansan's popularity in the farm belt...
...time place with small-town friendliness. Giving a party became a civic obligation. Hospitality was evangelical in its fervor. Kansas Citians greeted arriving Republicans, journalists and celebrities with simulated parchment scrolls entitling "the Bearer to see Missouri in all its Grandeur" and signed by Republican Governor Christopher Bond. To the 4,518 delegates and alternates, merchants and town leaders contributed burlap tote bags stuffed with gifts and guidebooks and stamped with elephants encircled by large hearts (symbolizing, naturally, the nation's heartland...
...officeholders round the country. He also dispatched fat envelopes, seeking voluminous personal information from at least 21 prospects. Certainly, Ford was tossing about many more names than could really be under consideration. Among those frequently mentioned were: Governors Robert Ray of Iowa, Daniel Evans of Washington and Christopher Bond of Missouri, Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee, Congressman John Anderson of Illinois, Treasury Secretary William Simon, former Treasury Secretary Connally and U.N. Ambassador William Scranton...
...elephants behind her than the photographer in front of her. Edith Wharton is draped in elegant furs and lace. Here the magazine begins to make sense. Martha Graham and Twyla Tharp are placed opposite each other; Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, and Edna St. Vincent Millay share a page. The bond between these women is a real one of spirit and vision, not some strange stew concocted by the editors at Time-Life...