Word: holdings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...returning to Washington, he was most struck by two changes since the Johnson era. The presidency has lost important leverage, he observes. And at least partly because of that, Jimmy Carter seems unable to keep a hold on the public's imagination. Says Barrett: "It's as if the electorate, which is still in an ambivalent and cranky mood, liked the down-home candidate Carter, but wants something quite different from President Carter...
...parish is narrow and looks a bit like the toe of boot-shaped Louisiana being dipped into the gulf. Its highest points are the spines of levees that hold back the river and salt marshes from the 10% of the parish that is dry land. The main highway, Louisiana Route 23, hugging the river's west bank, runs past wooden stands where home-grown oranges are sold and small mountain ranges of lemony-colored sulfur waiting to be loaded on ships...
...almost ten years since Perez died. His old home, "Promised Land," serves as one of the parish's white, private academies, a testament to his failure to prevent integration of the public and parochial schools. Blacks, who constitute 25% of Plaquemines' 25,000 people, now hold many parish jobs; there are even black sheriffs deputies. And the wood shanty bars that dot the highways serve all comers...
Despite these problems, Teng's position is considered quite strong. "Teng has been moving very slowly," says one Hong Kong observer, "largely to hold together some sort of top-level unity. But gradually he's getting all his people on board." A few weeks ago, the entire former party secretariat of northeastern Heilungkiang province was rehabilitated en masse. More recently, there have been unconfirmed reports that former Peking Mayor P'eng Chen, a major victim of the Cultural Revolution, will be the next former villain to be restored to power. If so, Teng will have advanced...
...least 100 Charter 77 members have been forced to quit even the lowly jobs they were formerly allowed to hold. The movement's current leaders-Singer Marta Kubišová, Philosopher Ladislav Hejdanek, and former Regional Party Secretary Jaroslav Šabata-are under constant surveillance. Nonetheless, in a gesture commemorating the invasion anniversary, a small group of Charter 77 members managed to meet in secret this month with their Polish counterparts to discuss possible future cooperation...