Word: harrisons
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...British America?a trenchant and almost bellicose pamphlet reviewing the history of America in the British Empire. Some say, however, that Jefferson was only named to the committee as part of a compromise, after John Adams had nearly choked on the idea of working with Virginia's Benjamin Harrison, who was comparatively lukewarm to independence...
...name for itself through its support of such admirable programs as Alistair Cooke's America and Kenneth Clark's Civilisation. Last winter Xerox decided that nothing would be more natural than to copy the process. It sponsored "the first Xerox special in print"−Pulitzer prize-winner Harrison E. Salisbury's Travels through America, a 23-page personal essay that appeared in the February issue of Esquire, sandwiched between two low-key Xerox ads that explained the innovation. Last week the first Xerox special somewhat embarrassingly turned out to be the last, and all because the company...
Carter's stiffest competition for delegates will come from a nominally uncommitted slate led by two highly popular politicians, Senator Harrison Williams and Jersey City Mayor Paul Jordan. Like most of their running mates, they are Humphrey fans. The former Vice President retains a large following in the state, particularly among blue-collar workers and blacks. The Williams-Jordan slate is getting strong organizational help from the party's state chairman, James Dugan, who is feuding with Governor Byrne...
...This year's team has great depth," number three player John Fishwick said yesterday. Fishwick and teammates Scott Walker, Greg Eisenbrand, Harrison Lauer, and Dick Amos are unbeaten so far this season in singles competition...
...over 63 million American workers. In signing the bill into law, President Nixon called it "an example of the American system at its best." In the years since its establishment, however, OSHA has been a major disappointment to many of its original backers. In a 1974 interview, Sen. Harrison Williams (D-N.J.), then chairman of the Senate Labor and Public Welfare subcommittee and one of the co-sponsors of the bill establishing OSHA, characterized the agency as "fumbling, bumbling; the number one administration bungle...