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...were former President Gerald Ford, 70, an Institute Fellow; Helmut Schmidt, 64, Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982; Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 57, President of France from 1974 to 1981; James Callaghan, 71, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1976 to 1979; and Malcolm Fraser, 53, who was defeated as Prime Minister of Australia in March after eight years in office. During their three-day stay at the scenic mountain resort, the five former leaders reminisced, and criticized the policies of their successors. "What we have here," said a less than serious Schmidt...
...Reagan's early world, teachers were special figures of "trust and faith" who were, "like the clergy," instructors in "moral precepts" as well as in book learning. His high school English and drama teacher, B. J. Fraser, is one of those who changed Reagan's life, and he will never forget it. Fraser not only formed a drama club but urged his student writers to turn their imaginations loose. "I developed a great taste for writing then," recalled Reagan. "I sometimes went way afield and did a humorous twist on what he asked for. I wasn...
OCTOPUSSY Directed by John Glen; Screenplay by George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson...
Many delegates questioned the selection of Owen Bieber, 53, to succeed Fraser as president. Bieber, a relative unknown, who had been director of the U.A.W. General Motors department, was nominated by the union's international executive board last November. "Bieber's an honest, hardworking, committed person," said one official. "The question is, has he got the qualities to lead the union enthusiastically? When he was in charge at General Motors, his first bargaining session ended up in concessions." Nonetheless, the convention unanimously elected the 6-ft. 5-in. Bieber...
Later, near the end of the same trip. Fraser and his encourage attended a press conference and left shortly after. When the Wadsworth crew finally waved goodbye to the Australian contingent, they shuffled back to their Yard headquarters and sighed with relief. About 30 minutes later, Anderson and Neal received a call from the airport saying they were missing the Australian Secretary of Defense. After a short frantic search, they located the gentleman who bored with the press conference, had "snack...