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...weapons, ranging from White House oratory to U.S. marshals and federal troops. But though the President said that the miners were "patriotic citizens [who] will comply with the law," hardly a miner in the hills of Appalachia or the flatlands of the Midwest would admit a willingness to bow to Taft-Hartley, which the union has defied twice before...
...with at least 12.5% of the votes of the registered electorate in their district may enter the second round, on March 19. Then the bigger parties will begin their horse trading. Candidates from the centrist parties backing President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing have already pledged to bow out in the second round in favor of Gaullist candidates who get more votes in the first round; the Gaullists have promised to do the same for centrist candidates who beat them...
...story building owned by the Crocker National Bank in San Francisco. Although it was built in the 1920s, says Pereira, "it is always 100% occupied, and one of the principal reasons is that it has openable windows." He designed the Pacific Mutual building not only as a fond bow to the city's tradition, but also to cut energy use by 15% to 20%. And he estimates that the new building will cost no more, and offer tenants greater variety, than conventional offices. Besides sliding French windows, there will be balconies that provide shade, individually controlled lighting known in trade...
There is a personality clash between the liberal, Humphrey-style Democrat Pat Harris and Oakley Hunter, a former Republican Congressman from Southern California. Their deeper problems center on policy: Should Fannie Mae retain its semi-independence, as Hunter wants, or should it bow to HUD directives, as Harris insists? Specifically, Harris feels that Fannie Mae is far too concerned about making money-last year its profits rose from $127 million to $165 million-and too unconcerned with stimulating mortgage lending for low-income housing in the cities...
...Bow down to her royal travesty...