Word: hughs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most widely known rival, colorful, combative Bella Abzug, 57. The former Congresswoman was actually running slightly ahead according to other surveys, but neither of the two was in a commanding position. Coming up fast were New York Secretary of State Mario Cuomo, 45-the personal choice of Governor Hugh Carey -and Manhattan Congressman Edward Koch, 52.* None of the four front runners appeared likely to win the 40% of primary votes needed to avoid a Sept. 19 runoff. But for Beame supporters, the crucial question was whether their man would be one of the two to make it to that...
...history than profit. Founded as a high-class men's magazine by Gingrich and two partners, Esquire has been a clever and richly wrought showcase for most major writers of the century, from Thomas Wolfe to Tom Wolfe. But with the rise of raunchier men's books (Hugh Hefner dreamed up Playboy after leaving a $60 a week Esquire promotion-writing job in 1952), and uncertainty about what Esquire's voice should be (the monthly has had four editors in as many years), advertising and circulation have dwindled. Over the past two fiscal years, Esquire lost more...
...Hugh Sidey's assessment [Aug. 1] of President Carter's first six months vis-à-vis the national mood is right on! The nation wants and needs an administrator, not a salesman. Espousing catch-phrase slogans is the easy work of politics; executing successful programs is the difficult work of Government...
...York Governor Hugh Carey, a friend, recruited him as the state's superintendent of banks, at a big pay cut (to $47,800 a year). Last year he moved on to become New York commissioner of housing and community renewal and straightened out the state's nearly bankrupt programs in those areas. Heimann was an early backer of Jimmy Carter. Soon after beginning the investigation of Lance's finances, Heimann ordered his top staff to conduct "neither a whitewash nor a witch hunt...
Interviewed by TIME Washington Bureau Chief Hugh Sidey and Correspondent Simmons Fentress, HEW Secretary Joseph Califano talked of past and present attempts to deal with the nation's enduring problem of poverty...