Word: closings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, by two widely followed barometers, Kennedy is the Senate's liberal standard bearer. Last year, as usual, the Americans for Democratic Action gave him a nearly 100% approval rating for his voting record on major legislation, while the Americans for Constitutional Action graded him at close to zero...
...buzzer sounded and the stars on the clock lit up, signaling a roll call vote on the Senate floor. Kennedy recessed the hearing and walked briskly down the long corridor, with Secret Service agents brushing aside people ahead of him. Photographers, TV crews and aides carrying briefing books followed close behind. But Kennedy shed most of them at the private elevator for Senators...
...After the ceremony, Park and his entourage-including his ever-present five-man plainclothes guard-returned to Seoul; he spent the rest of the afternoon in his office in the Blue House, South Korea's presidential mansion. At around 6 p.m., Park went to dine with some close associates at a small house connected with the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, inside the Blue House compound...
...host was KCIA Director Kim Jae Kyu, 53. He is a former general and, as one diplomat who knew both men well put it, "a close, long-term chum and adviser in whom Park had a lot of confidence." The other guests were Park's chief security officer, Cha Chi Chul, an even closer adviser, and Park's staff secretary-general...
Stewart, 64, a liberal Republican, comes as close as any in the group to being an artful politician, but has not emerged as a leader. Stevens, 59, the newest Justice, is a probing questioner and an unpredictable vote; he is frequently called the court's ''wild card.'' He believes his role to be purely intellectual, not political...