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...Japan to remove barriers to American products. The only objections before the vote on the nonbinding measure came from legislators who argued that it was not strong enough. Said Montana Democrat Max Baucus: "I want to say only one word--boeki-senso. That is Japanese for trade war." Snapped Lawton Chiles, a Florida Democrat: "The U.S. can't go on playing Ann Landers and letting the rest of the world cry on our shoulders when it comes to foreign trade. Even Ann Landers can spot a bad deal when she sees...
...vote margin was primarily an impressive personal victory for Reagan, demonstrating that his clout with Congress remains strong, at least when he takes a personal stand. Conceded Democrat Lawton Chiles, who led the floor fight against the MX: "It's hard to beat the President." The size of the Administration's victory in the Senate greatly enhanced the MX's chances for getting past the Democrats in the House, which is scheduled for a similar - vote this week. Admitted California Congressman Tony Coehlo, one of the strongest MX foes: "Thanks to the wide Senate margin, we probably...
...Senator Lawton Chiles of Florida, a dedicated foe of what he terms "the imperial former presidency," introduced legislation last year that would phase out protection for former Presidents five years after they leave office. He would also like to limit what the Government chips in for presidential libraries and for ex-Chief Executives' offices and staffs. Says Chiles: "I think President Nixon's announcement is the best news we've had. His example is a good one for other past Presidents to follow, but we need to make it law." A spokesman for Ford said the ex-President anticipates that...
...sure, that is not the official logic of the Governors, Senators and Representatives who have organized the Democratic Leadership Council. Their stated purpose "is to move the party back to the middle," in the words of Florida Senator Lawton Chiles, by developing centrist policy positions. In their view the party must shed its ultraliberal, antibusiness, soft-on-defense image if it is ever to win back the voters who have been defecting and, in particular, if it is to enter future presidential elections without almost automatically forfeiting the electoral votes of Southern and Western states. To accomplish that, say council...
After a year of knocking about without financial backing, Pickens secured a $100,000 line of credit, half of which came from his wife's uncle. With it, he formed Petroleum Exploration, his first company. "I've worked with a lot of geologists," remembers Lawton Clark, an independent Denver oilman who joined Pickens in that venture, "but I've never seen anyone as well prepared. He just knew what there was to be known." Pickens describes those hardscrabble early days as a period of "pickin' with the chicken...