Word: donald
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carter picks Donald McHenry to replace Andrew Young
...Ambassador Andrew Young resigned after his secret approach to the Palestine Liberation Organization, the nation's black leaders erupted in hostility toward Jewish groups, which they blamed, somewhat unfairly, for the ouster of the highest black in Government. Last week President Carter named an adroit successor to Young: Donald F. McHenry, 42, a top deputy at the U.N. mission. Though close to Young and equally absorbed in African affairs, McHenry is a polished career diplomat who is as well known for prudence as Young is for impetuosity...
...Colette's blood on the headboard of a bed and then stabbed himself. Last week the jury found MacDonald guilty of second-degree murder in the slayings of Colette and Kimberly, and of first-degree murder in the killing of Kristen. Judge Franklin T. DuPree Jr. sentenced Mac-Donald, now 35 and an emergency-room surgeon in Long Beach, Calif, to life imprisonment...
What serious retrenching has occurred so far has been highly selective. Says Georgia State University Economist Donald Ratajczak, speaking about the status of retail sales: "The discount and the high quality lines are good; the in-between is dead. Top and bottom are where the action is." Translation: in marked contrast with their behavior during past economic slowdowns, people are not closing their wallets entirely but are scrambling for bargains, on the one hand, and, on the other, scooping up top quality, long-lasting goods at any price...
...lawyers and judges alike are wary of doing away with juries altogether in big cases. Judges have their own biases; at least juries offer what Los Angeles Lawyer Maxwell M. Blecher calls "a bouillabaisse of public viewpoints." These are worth hearing in the antitrust area. Says Business School Professor Donald Vinson: "The question in an antitrust case is not just whether one company should pay another money. It is whether economic power should be concentrated in a big corporation...