Word: hillings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...almost took away the nomination from President Gerald Ford in 1976 swept smoothly through visits with nearly every Republican Senator on Capitol Hill last week. He lunched with some 60 G.O.P. Congressmen and held 20-minute private talks with several others. Reagan demanded no commitments to his still unannounced candidacy and worked instead to moderate his image of extreme conservatism. "He appeared very reasonable," said Iowa Congressman James Leach, a moderate. "He tried to show us he was in tune with other people...
Nevada's conservative Senator Paul Laxalt obliquely noted two of Reagan's image problems as he guided the Californian on the Hill. "You're not talking about a right-wing nut with horns out of his ears," said Laxalt, "but a responsible conservative whose age may be a problem." Reagan, 67, is only six years older than Connally, but when he called on Tennessee's Howard Baker, 53, who also has presidential ambitions, the Senator's press aide could not resist joking to reporters: "The two had a father-son talk...
...better than most. Until four years ago, twelve members of the family lived in a one-room shack at the bottom of an abandoned ravine, surrounded by scrap, refuse and old tires. They struggled and sacrificed their way from the bottom of the ravine to the top of the hill. They built a two-story house with a Mediterranean-style courtyard, with electricity to power a TV set, a hi-fi and an air conditioner. Mrs. Mokhtari is proud of the honest work of her sons, who helped pay for these luxuries, but financial security remains elusive. The Mokhtaris were...
Above the church, on the hill above Moras En Valloire, is the Madonna, a huge statue erected in 1854 to watch over and protect the village. She was once the pride of the town, but today the short path to her base is overgrown, and she rarely receives visitors these days. At one time she was lit up at night, but the lights were smashed a decade ago and nobody has taken the time to replace them...
Walking down to the village, one notices the ancient town fountain, partly hidden by the new power substation. Farther down the hill, one catches a glimpse of the 11th century door to the city as it gracefully arches across an unused alley. The tattered remains of some gaudy political posters stick to an old brick wall. Politics have divided the town, especially since a city council election last year which pitted the town's barrelmaker against a prominent pear farmer...