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...Lamar Alexander, 33, rarely mentions any more that he was a White House aide to Richard Nixon in 1969. A graduate of Vanderbilt and New York University Law School and a former newsman, Alexander coordinated Tennessee Republican Howard Baker's Senate race in 1966 and was campaign manager for Tennessee Governor Winfield Dunn in 1970. Now he is a candidate himself for this year's G.O.P. gubernatorial nomination. Chairman of the state's Council on Crime and Delinquency, Alexander has made a point of announcing, "I'm going to disclose every single contribution I get although...
...midweek, though, Northerners had elected a new moderator known to hanker strongly for union: the Rev. Robert C. Lamar, 52, a pastor from Albany, N.Y., who has co-chaired the Joint Committee on Presbyterian Union since 1969. As for the Southerners, they elected Dr. Lawrence W. Bottoms, 66, the first black man ever to become moderator of the once segregated denomination. At his investiture, Bottoms got one of the week's few laughs. As his predecessor put the chain with the traditional cross of office over his head, the new moderator remarked: "Any time any white person puts anything...
...W.F.L., he put together the American Basketball Association and the World Hockey Association. By creating 34 new teams in three major sports in the past eight years, Davidson has become an acknowledged master builder in a field that includes such lusty franchise spawners as Football and Tennis Tycoon Lamar Hunt...
...there, some 1,200 delegates at a meeting of Southern Republicans in Atlanta cheered every mention of Nixon's name. Nothing drew more howls of derision than mention of the news media, especially the TV networks and the Washington Post. But the delegates still laughed when Tennessee Congressman LaMar Baker joked: "What we've got to do is get crime out of the White House and back into the streets...
Senior defensive tackle Justin Harrington received the Lamar Award which honors the senior who through dedication to the program and concern for his fellow players has made a unique contribution to Harvard football...