Word: howard
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...employee annuity. First, each civil servant has a flat 7% deducted from his or her gross salary. Second, after having retired and received an amount equal to that contributed, usually about 18 to 24 months after retirement, the annuitant pays full federal (and in most cases, state) income tax. Howard R. Wesley Blue Ridge Summit...
...Canal neutrality treaty. I am confident that the Senate will show the same courage and foresight when it considers the second treaty. This is a promising step toward a new era in our relationships with Panama and with all of Latin America." He singled out Byrd, Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker, Gerald Ford and John Sparkman, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations...
Estimating that they now had the necessary 67 votes, the leaders looked around for a couple more just in case something went wrong. They approached Howard Cannon, the crusty chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, who opposed the treaties but feels devoutly loyal to the Senate. He was informed that there were enough votes to ratify, but that all the Senators would be blamed by the opposition for casting the deciding vote to "give away the canal." Would Cannon help his fellow Senators out? He agreed to vote in favor. The leaders also sounded out West Virginia...
...Howard Fine '78, who has one complete dance, named "Gladfall," to his credit, received the inspiration for a new piece in a dream. In it, Fine and three friends crossed the Weeks Bridge on a sunny day. Fine was bird-watching when suddenly he was overcome by a miracle; the four friends made a ring, joined hands, and danced in a circle. Fine awake, bathed in real tears...
...that the megabucks technology of television is not, repeat not, going to be eliminated. On his final page, Mander himself acknowledges that he has no idea how to get rid of the box. But until that terminus he offers the intriguing notion of a society without aerials, reruns or Howard Cosell...