Word: dempsey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Then there's the Carter letter found by Steven Brill, author of "Jimmy Carter's Pathetic Lies," to a Mrs. Dempsey in Alabama, saying "I think you will find that... George Wallace and I are in agreement on most issues." In his response to the Brill piece, Jody Powell, Carter's press secretary, wrote that the letter "was written by a staffer, never seen by Governor Carter, and did not accurately express his views...
...bluff, barrel-chested Usery faces the challenge with the respect of both labor and management as "the best mediator in the country," to quote Bill Dempsey, the railroads' chief negotiator. Usery rose from welder to become a top negotiator for the International Association of Machinists. So impressive was he at the bargaining table that George Shultz, President Nixon's first Labor Secretary, asked him in 1969 to put aside party loyalties (he is a Democrat) and become an assistant secretary for labor-management relations. That job led to a 1973 appointment as head of the Federal Mediation...
...period came to an end, Mass Bay tied the score again on a goal by Tom Dempsey...
Died. Georges Carpentier, 81, light-heavyweight boxing champion from 1920 to 1922, who lost on a fourth-round knockout to Heavyweight Jack Dempsey in 1921 's "Battle of the Century" in Jersey City, boxing's first million-dollar gate; of a heart attack; in Paris...
...begun writing his wide-ranging "On the Line" column. Associated with the Hearst publishing empire since 1937, he covered major news events for nearly 40 years. On the side, he wrote movie scripts (The Babe Ruth Story) and biographies of such friends as Jack Dempsey and General Douglas Mac Arthur...