Word: howards
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...furor has turned Howard Jarvis, 75, into a statewide folk hero to millions of Californians, a demagogic devil to others. A retired millionaire manufacturer, Jarvis has been railing against high taxes for 15 years. Jarvis, whose face looks a bit like a California mudslide, has been demolishing debating opponents with his oddly compelling blend of verbosity, profanity and humbug. He has enlisted U.C.L.A. Economist Neil Jacoby to polish his simplistic arguments about the stultifying impact of the rising property tax. Nobel-prizewinning Economist Milton Friedman, now teaching at Stanford, made TV commercials free of charge to back 13. Claims Friedman...
...Republican, the minority leader of the Senate and a potential presidential rival in 1980, Howard Baker of Tennessee has been quite a bit of help to Jimmy Carter. He played a crucial role in getting the Panama Canal treaties passed, despite threats from the right wing of his own party to torpedo his presidential ambitions. He persuaded Senate Republicans to support Carter's proposal on plane sales to the Middle East, and outraged the powerful Jewish lobby. Last week, smarting from the blows he received over the plane deal, Howard dropped in at the White House for a chat...
...clutter. Outstanding among them are Donna Summer, who is effective when, as the aspiring singer, she seizes her musical moment; Chick Vennera as a character who lives only to dance and who, if someone had actually bothered to choreograph his big number, might have been even better; and Andrea Howard, who gives a touching performance as the housewife looking for kicks...
When Baker indicated a willingness to talk further, Ribicoff found Senators Church and Jacob Javits and brought them to Baker. Ribicoff told the group: "Look, this is a tough one for everybody. I think Howard has the makings of working something...
...Howard University...