Word: draft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...movie version of President's Men has also been a headache. They came close to rejecting Actor Robert Redford's offer to buy movie rights to the book for fear the Hollywood version would be, well, too Hollywood. They were right. The first draft of Writer William Goldman's script was excellent in parts, but generally superficial. "It read like a Henny Youngman joke-book of one-liners," Bernstein complained to a friend. "Harry Rosenfeld [Post metropolitan editor] came out looking like Phil Silvers, and Ben Bradlee became Walter Pidgeon. It was just too shallow." So Bernstein...
...economy continued its harrowing slide last week, President Ford went before the Business Council to explain his attitude toward the deepening recession. It was a curiously downplayed effort; the White House did not request television time, and perhaps that was just as well. According to some advisers who helped draft the speech, it was supposed to indicate a willingness to revise policy to deal with plunging production and mounting joblessness, but it came across to some listeners as indicating the exact opposite. Ford did promise some unspecified new proposals in January. But he also remarked that anyone who wanted...
...first time since 1967, must now fashion a new constitution for the republic. Premier Constantine Caramanlis, whose New Democracy Party commands 220 of Parliament's 300 seats, has proposed a Gaullist-inspired system of presidential government, with strong consolidation of power in one office. If Parliament approves his draft constitution, as it is expected to do within the next three months, another election will be held. Whether the President is elected by Parliament or through a national plebiscite, a Caramanlis victory is certain...
...Planning Office released the interim report in June as a draft for the "long-range" of University development in Allston and Cambridge. It will be published sometime this winter...
...Notre Dame Coach Ara Parseghian were a pro football scout, he might well select Running Back Anthony Davis of Southern California as the first pick in the N.F.L. draft. Many fans would agree. Davis, after all, not only humiliated Notre Dame recently with four touchdowns, including a 102-yd. kickoff return, but also eclipsed O.J. Simpson's career rushing record at U.S.C. Moreover, he was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy (the prize went last week to Ohio State Running Back Archie Griffin, a junior). Those who hunt pro talent for a living though, say that Randy White...