Word: javitses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even as a few of the Senators most directly challenged by him recovered their composure and revealed some of the weaknesses in his position, the affable Georgian remained a cool and fluent witness. Though he absorbed some telling blows as the questioning continued into the weekend, Lance clearly picked up...
With the evidence growing that Carter's support for Lance was becoming a liability, the White House this week is bracing itself for the new barrage of bad headlines that is virtually certain to result from the forthcoming round of congressional investigations. No major bombshells are expected, but the...
Overdrafts It has been established that Lance, his wife LaBelle and nine other relatives collectively amassed huge overdrafts. At one point in the confirmation hearings, Senator Javits asked Lance whether the overdrafts were repaid to the bank with interest. Lance responded, "Yes, sir." That may have been true of the...
Verbal Trickery. In its tough stand, the White House wanted to burst whatever illusions Begin might harbor about the U.S. position. To achieve that, of course, the statement need not have been public. But the Administration also wanted to preserve its role as mediator by emphasizing the distance between its...
The delegates from the OPEC nations, including Iran's tough Oil Minister, Jamshid Amouzegar, rejected even the modest proposal for continuing energy discussions, which OPEC fears would reduce its power to control oil prices and supplies unilaterally. At the same time, the Southern nations refused to offer safeguards against...