Word: m
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eagerly joined the hoopla. Ohio's WNCI-FM in Columbus offered $98,000 to the first Ohioan bringing in a locally found piece of the Skylab wreckage within 98 hours of impact. In Atlanta, callers could win yellow T shirts bearing a bull's-eye and the words I'M AN OFFICIAL WQXI-AM 79 SKYLAB TARGET...
...compromise between Somoza and the junta, State Department negotiators found themselves watched closely by the dictator's congressional supporters, in one case literally. Two weeks ago, when Ambassador Pezzullo called upon Somoza to press for his resignation, the diplomat was surprised to meet New York Democrat John M. Murphy in the bunker office. Murphy, who first befriended the Nicaraguan 40 years ago when they were classmates at a Long Island military academy, is the dictator's staunchest supporter in the House. Murphy went to Managua at his friend's request and attended the meeting between Pezzullo...
...that moment the President's new envoy had spent less than 48 hours in the turbulent Middle East. Aware of the pitfalls that face even the most seasoned diplomats, Strauss told reporters aboard his Air Force jet: "I'm used to conducting business in Washington where I know every inch of the ground. Now I'm going into the Middle East where the sensitivities are tenfold...
...onetime Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, who is in exile in Geneva: "We are now entering a new phase in Algeria's history." Still, Ben Bella was unlikely to try a political comeback. Though he is now free to see visitors at his new home in M'sila, 187 miles from Algiers, his movements are restricted to a limited area around the town...
...from both parties who could conceivably run. Never mind if we could elect him, but who would have the best chance of changing the situation? It was clear as a bell to me that it was John Connally. I sent him a check and said, 'John, I'm available. I'm available for weddings and bar mitzvahs and what have you.' Since then I've talked to so many people who have enrolled or are getting ready to enroll in John Connally's army...