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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Washington experience could well be a strong asset in 1980 after the failures of outsider Jimmy Carter. Baker will have a tough time in the midwest and the west considering the host of Republican contenders from that area such as Rep. John Anderson (R-Ill), Sen. Robert Dole (R-Kan) and Crane. However, the regional competition doesn't worry Baker yet. "He has a broad-based appeal, even with Democrats," says Cissy Baker adding, "because he knows that's the only...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Mr. Statesman | 11/1/1979 | See Source »

Candidates who have not yet replied to the invitations are President Carter, California Gov. Jerry Brown, Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr. (R-Tenn.), Sen. Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.) and former California Gov. Ronald Reagan...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Institute of Politics Will Invite Major Presidential Candidates | 10/6/1979 | See Source »

...considering opening only one new low-level disposal site--the Lions, Kan., salt mines, once ruled unfit to store high-grade nuclear waster...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Ray Closes Disposal Site; Harvard Outlet Shut Off | 10/5/1979 | See Source »

...Hall of the People. To their surprise, the Treasury Secretary began with seven sentences of Chinese before saying, also in Chinese: "Now allow me please to continue in English." At the end he offered a six-sentence toast in Chinese, concluding with the traditional Chinese equivalent of bottoms up, kan-pei. Chinese officials were clearly honored. It was, they said, the first time in memory that a foreign dignitary had used their language in a speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Return of the Shanghai Kid | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...scenery. Little is known of Teng's early life or, for that matter, of his private life today. He is believed to be the son of a landlord. He was born in 1904 in Hsieh-hsing, a village near China's wartime capital of Chungking. His given name was Kan Tse-kao, which he changed to Teng Hsiao-p'ing (an underground alias that means Little Peace) when he joined the Communist Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: Little Man in a Big Hurry | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

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