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Dukakis' personal style--as well as the budget pressures--alienated Harrington, McGee and company. He pledged to eliminate patronage--an accepted legislative power--and tried to conduct a "management oriented" administration. The leadership accused Dukakis of being "rigid" and "arrogant," complaining that he did not consult them on state matters. During the 1975 legislative session, eight out of 16 of Dukakis' vetoes were overridden and he was defeated on several major bills including his campaign promise of abolishing the Governor's Council...
...past experience is any guide, the key SALT decisions will not be made by the Iwo negotiating learns but by top-ranking U.S. and Soviet officials, usually in Moscow or Washington, using the so-called back channel. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, however, has pledged that Warnke will conduct "real negotiations" on disarmament. Warnke's strength is the fact that he is so solidly plugged into the Washington power structure. He is now a senior partner in Clark Clifford's law office, and spent 18 years with the late Dean Acheson's firm. Warnke, moreover, has kept...
...Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen ascended the throne Feb. 6, 1952, and official portraits of the royal family were released last week to mark the date. The main festivities, however, will take place in June because, explains a palace spokesman, "February is no time to conduct a celebration." The summer jubilee events will include parades, river pageants, bonfires and visits by the Queen to nearly every corner of the British Isles. The British Tourist Authority has issued a 32-page booklet listing scores of 25th-anniversary events before and after the national thanksgiving service at St. Paul...
...deafness had more lasting reper-cussions on the conduct of baseball. The hand signals used by umpires to indicate whether a pitch is a strike or a ball actually originated with Hoy. Since he could neither hear nor speak, umpires began to signal as a matter of course...
Simon of the Desert and Zero for Conduct. Nightly...