Word: holtzman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Security checks are stiff because a few Congressmen insist that they be. Many of the hard-liners are liberal Democrats. New York City's Elizabeth Holtzman still demands that anybody guilty of political repression in Viet Nam be barred from settling in the U.S. But just what constitutes "guilt"-and how to prove it-is highly debatable. Detroit's John Conyers hangs tough for strict regulation of the refugee influx because his unemployed constituents are concerned that the Vietnamese will increase the competition for jobs. The other major log jam is the lack of sponsors. Up until...
...incensed with opposition among some liberals in Congress. Democratic Senator George McGovern of South Dakota claimed that "90% of the Vietnamese refugees would be better off going back to their own land" because only "a handful of government leaders were in any real danger of reprisals." Democratic Representative Elizabeth Holtzman of New York urged the U.S. to bar "persons who may have engaged in misappropriating U.S. funds, run tiger cages or carried out the torture of political prisoners...
...OAKLAND--Even losing a 25-game winner can't topple the A's from Western supremacy. Ken Holtzman and Vida Blue comprise a potent duo, with Rollie Fingers anchoring the bullpen duties...
...York delegation took the prize for the greatest number of nationally known politicians. Crammed into the aisles were Reps. Bella Abzug, Elizabeth Holtzman, Shirley Chisholm, and Herman Badillo; ex-governor Averell Harriman; Mayor Abraham Beame; former Rep. Mario Biaggi; City Councilman Meade Esposito; writer Michael Harrington; and AFL-CIO leader Albert Shanker...
...represented by Third Baseman Ron Cey, who said, "You've got to pull together to win." From Oakland and the Bay Area came the quarreling, opportunistic, two-time defending world champions with a slogan of their own MAKE IT HAPPEN and a harsh professionalism reflected by Pitcher Ken Holtzman, who insisted, "Team spirit doesn't apply here. This isn't the college world series. With 27,000 bucks on the line, I hate everybody...