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...That made him the first Speaker in almost 40 years with absolute control of the House's legislative agenda. Then, as crises began to envelop the presidency and vice presidency, he quietly ordered the House parliamentarian and legal experts to study how the House should proceed, if the holder of either office resigned or had to be impeached. As a result, the House was able to begin action on Ford's nomination and Nixon's possible impeachment without public wrangling. Also, Albert rebuffed Spiro Agnew's attempt to use the House to block the court proceedings...
...Allegheny Airlines flight from Washington to Hartford had been overbooked, and the agent at the gate told the ticket holder: Sorry, confirmed reservation or no, all the seats are taken. Considering who the grounded passenger was, it might have been better to roll out another plane. For litigious Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader, unlike most travelers who are left at the gate, filed a lawsuit. He gathered evidence showing that Allegheny regularly overbooks (as do most airlines). Last week Federal Judge Charles Richey ruled that Allegheny bumps "wantonly" and "with malice." He tagged the airline for $50,000 in punitive damages...
Since then he has been a prime force in soothing passions among feuding Arab factions, with the goal of constructing a coordinated battle plan for Syrian and Egyptian forces against Israel. A specialist in both airborne and guerrilla warfare and the holder of a master's degree in political science, Shazli is extremely popular among his men. He maintains an almost mystical belief in the destiny of the Arab peoples. "Let us regain the glories of Arabism," he said at a meeting in Cairo of the Arab Chiefs of Staff, "and prove to the whole world that...
...scholar of grave old-world courtesy who developed a surprising facility as an amateur bartender (he is one of the few people left who knows how to mix a sidecar). He has, however, been acquiring a reputation as a hard-liner on inflation and as a holder of what Nixon wryly described as "rather, shall we say, outspoken" views. Fellner's views are, in fact, not all that unusual. His daring in voicing them out loud assuredly is-and it promises some lively times on the CEA, especially if, as rumored, Fellner eventually succeeds Herbert Stein as head...
...running out of land, but the empty areas are not always available for development. Close to half of the country's 2.3 billion acre surface is still taken up by farm and pasture land. More than one-third of the land is owned by the biggest single holder: the Government. The bulk of this consists of timberlands, national parks, grazing land and military reserves in Alaska and the Far West...