Word: hills
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been a good day, a great day," said Owyhee County, Idaho, Sheriff Tim Nettleton after hearing about the capture. Nettleton headed the initial investigation that led to the 1982 capture of Dallas in Paradise Hill, Nevada...
...again he accepted passively the recommendation of some close advisers. But the choice itself was perhaps the best that could have been made. Reagan's close friend Paul Laxalt explained why he had strongly recommended Baker. The chief of staff, he said, should be "someone with credibility on Capitol Hill, credibility with the press, credibility with party people. More important, he should be a believer in the Reagan program and able to carry it out. I'm talking about a Washington political heavyweight." Most of that fits Baker, a patient coalition builder who acquired enough political heft during...
...that provides the White House with instant credibility," said Kenneth Duberstein, a prominent lobbyist and Reagan's former legislative liaison. As congressional hearings on the Iran-contra affair get under way this spring, the Administration might also benefit from the respect Baker commands among his former colleagues on Capitol Hill. Said Senator Alan Dixon, an Illinois Democrat: "We know he's fair, we know he's honest, and we know he's decent." Robert Dole, who succeeded Baker as Senate G.O.P. leader in 1985, called his friend "the right man at the right time at this critical period...
...predecessor are about as different as two people can be. While Donald Regan is forceful and autocratic, Baker is easygoing and self-effacing. Regan had no feel for politics and disdained the often subtle maneuvering that makes for a constructive relationship between the White House and the Hill. Baker is the consummate insider. In three terms as a U.S. Senator from 1967 to 1985, he mastered the art of political compromise and cajolery. In all likelihood he will actively seek help outside the White House as he attempts to get the presidency back on track...
...past three years. Snaps Liberal Party Leader David Steel: "This endless shuffling about of assets has done nothing to improve the basic efficiency and capacity of British manufacturing." Already, takeover fever has abated. "There are no megabids running at all," says Kenneth Morton, an executive director with the Hill Samuel Group. "There's no doubt that people's attitudes have changed." Last month BTR, one of Britain's most aggressive raiders, backed away from a contested takeover of Pilkington, a highly successful glassmaker. Though BTR insists that its decision was based entirely on commercial considerations, others believe that the company...