Word: dakotas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. William Muir, 61, North Dakota-born sculptor (TIME, March 13) whose works, inspired by seaweed and seed pod and carved in kingwood, walnut, mahogany and cocobolo, had combined the artless beauty of driftwood with the dynamic tension characteristic of Arp and Moore; following heart surgery; in Pittsburgh...
...limit imports of foreign beef and veal to 540 million lbs. annually, instead of the 920 million lbs. called for in recent agreements between the U.S. and Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. While Hruska's amendment appealed to some lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, South Dakota Democrat George McGovern noted that it "would cut the ground from under U.S. representatives" at forthcoming international tariff and trade talks, and the Administration was alarmed at its international consequences. Secretary of State Dean Rusk spent hours on the phone to Senate friends, and White House Legislative Aide Larry...
Sometimes, of course, his highhanded ways enraged rank-and-file Democratic Senators. There was the time when North Dakota's Quentin Burdick and Ohio's Stephen Young, both Democrats but a bit too liberal to be members of the Johnson fan club, badly wanted two vacancies that had occurred on the Judiciary Committee. Both had applied for the places in writing. When the committee-assigning Democratic steering committee met, however, Baker appeared before it and announced that Burdick and Young had withdrawn their requests. No one questioned his word, and the seats were given to Missouri...
...name Dunhill conjures up visions of prized pipes, savory Havanas and the carriage-trade atmosphere of a London tobacconist. Actually, Dunhill International, Inc., sells smoking supplies almost as a sideline, is based in Ohio and is run from Houston by an owlish executive who began life as a North Dakota farm boy. Says Chairman Reuben Askanase: "We want to reach customers from the cradle to the tomb." Dunhill nearly succeeds. Beyond its shops from Manhattan to San Francisco, it is a diversified company whose interests range from baby-bottle nipples and baseballs to railroading and book publishing. Right...
...South Dakota last week became the 38th state to ratify the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, thereby making it the law of the land. The operative clause of the new amendment...