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When Washington got too hot, John F. Kennedy '40 huddled with aides, advisers and various family retainers at the clan's Hyannisport compound. Lyndon Baines Johnson left the civilized world for the Texas back country. Richard M. Nixon preferred more reclusive and comfortable respites, usually in San Clemente. Gerald R. Ford adjourned to the ski slopes of Vail, where ample snow softens falls. Jimmy Carter didn't seem to take many vacations...
With the entire defensive secondary graduated, lettermen Jim Frontero and Lyndon Gross will have to step into leading roles...
...Laxalt's decision final? There was no indication to the contrary, but Nevada remembers how Democratic Senator Alan Bible, another of the state's political institutions, announced he was quitting in the mid-1950s, only to reverse himself after arm-twisting by then Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson. Laxalt may genuinely intend to retire, says a Las Vegas insider, but "what if Nevada holds the Senate balance and the call comes next spring: 'I need...
...high-tech miniaturization represents the state of the art in satellite zapping. It is the antisatellite weapon (ASAT) that U.S. scientists have been trying to perfect for more than 25 years, ever since the Soviets launched Sputnik I in 1957 and set off a race to capture what Lyndon Johnson called the "high ground" of outer space...
...tactic has sparked concern that all aspects of student loans, from distribution to collection, could eventually become centralized in the IRS, Lyndon E. Tefft, Harvard's director of the office for financial systems, said yesterday...