Word: draft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...infighting. Ford's men gave some ground, however, in agreeing to explicit language supporting the U.S.'s mutual defense treaty with Taiwan. As for detente, Ford's supporters were able to fend off any direct criticism of current Administration policy. An intriguing sidelight: a draft by the platform-committee staff mentioned Richard Nixon's opening to China, but subcommittee members voted to delete this only reference in the platform to the disgraced former President...
Coming from the Ivy League has not presented an overwhelming problem for Danny Jiggetts '76, the sixth round draft choice of the Chicago Bears...
...main topic of this meeting was the efforts being made to conclude a U.S.-Iranian nuclear power plant agreement. The project would run for more than 20 years and would involve the sale of eight to ten nuclear power plants (valued at about $2 billion apiece). An American draft agreement was submitted to the Iranian atomic energy organization in June, but a few details remain to be worked...
Authorities reportedly were looking for two more suspects, and indeed it seemed unlikely that the three young men could have thought of pulling off such a grandiose scheme on their own. Investigators searching Woods' home turned up the draft of a ransom note demanding $5 million, the money to be packed into suitcases and dropped by parachute from an airplane upon a designated spot in Santa Cruz county...
...absolute. "They were all politicians," he says. "I'm not. I know there's a great deal of cynicism about what I say on this, but I want to be believed." He says he intends to stay free to take independent positions. If the convention tries to draft him, he insists he will head it off and refuse...