Word: businessman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...glad I still know small farmers; people who care for the land and don't feel the need to rip out lovely old shade trees. Mr. Benedict is no farmer; he's just another Big Businessman...
...Though Anderson made little impact in the Senate, Humphrey wisely decided not to seek a full Senate term this year, and the colorful Perpich began emerging as an able Governor. But without Hubert's healing hand the party fell into a fatal primary fight. Robert Short, a millionaire businessman-sportsman (truck-firm operator, former owner of the Minneapolis-now Los Angeles-Lakers and the Washington Senators), challenged a Humphrey protégé, liberal Congressman Don Fraser, for the nomination to Humphrey's seat and won the primary in an upset. Despite pleas for unity from Mondale...
...That was on the eve of his bid for a second term as U.S. Senator. The following day the Iowa Democrat, one of the Senate's leading liberals, learned how right he was. He became a casualty of the conservative trend, losing to Republican Roger Jepsen, 49, a Davenport businessman...
KARIM SANJABI, 73, arrested last week, is the leader of the National Front, the most vocal political force opposing the Shah. A professor of law at Tehran University and an expert on constitutional government, Sanjabi looks more like an elderly businessman than an opposition political figure. He was once a disciple of Mohammed Mossadegh, the "fainting fanatic" who nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.; he served in Mossadegh's Cabinet before the Premier was overthrown by the Iranian army (with CIA help...
...Washington businessman turned down an all-expenses-paid trip to Egypt with his wife "because our maid insisted on going home to Ireland that month." A San Francisco mother who is working for her B.A. plans her classes around her housekeeper's schedule. While many people tend to tidy up before their cleaning women arrive, a New York communications manager goes that act one better: after he has a party, he hires a cleaning service to straighten up the apartment before his regular maid arrives. Liberal and feminist sentiments also make some employers feel guilty about hiring others...