Word: lot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...York City (Harlem) Congressman Charles Rangel spelled out his concern for the appointee: "It takes a lot of courage for a man of Andy Young's reputation to go to the U.N. and deal with the credibility gap that we have with the Third World nations. I don't envy him. In fact, if I were a religious man, I'd be praying...
Complains a top Washington lawyer: "The Carter people have played a game from the start. Bell has been the choice all along, yet they have dangled the office in front of a lot of people they were never serious about. More serious and certain to leave a residue of resentment, is the fact that they teased so many capable blacks...
Goosey Prospect. Even now, nobody can predict that the budget will pass. Says High School Principal Jim Sutherland: "I'm goosey about January 11. Some school supporters who are upset by the new cuts are going to vote no, while a lot of the original no-voters are so no that they wouldn't vote yes for anything. They say it's the taxes, but I don't buy that. They want control over the schools, over what's taught, who's hired or fired. Some parents seem threatened by their kids getting...
...weather in New Delhi was seasonably mild last week, with temperatures mostly in the 70s. If Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had had her way, however, it would have been a lot hotter in the pressroom of the Indian Express (circ. 400,000), the flagship of India's largest newspaper chain. Reason: government officials tried a few weeks ago to rip out the paper's air-conditioning system and auction it off to satisfy a disputed tax bill. Only a last-minute court injunction saved Express workers from a daily steam bath...
...hour. But what they do with the time already available does not favor their case. Their newscasts regularly sag, at about the two-thirds mark, into some forgettable feature. Why the evening's main story does not instead get that extra moment of rounding out has a lot to do with the networks' obsession with pace, variety and the eye appeal of film...