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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite his self-confident assertiveness, it was clear back on the Talmadge estate that the President-elect was soliciting help and advice. Among those present were the men vying for the job of majority leader of the Senate-Favorite Robert Byrd and Hubert Humphrey -and the retiring leader, Mike Mansfield, plus the influential Edmund Muskie. Thomas ("Tip") O'Neill, certain to be House Speaker, was there with four key chairmen: Appropriations' George H. Mahon, Ways and Means' Al Ullman, Budget's Brock Adams and James J. Delaney, probable new Rules head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TRANSITION: Mr. Outside Is Moving In | 11/29/1976 | See Source »

...married Leonard Woolf ("Precious Mongoose" in her letters) and with him founded the Hogarth Press, for which she functioned as chief talent scout and reader of manuscripts as well as typesetter (on the dining-room table). During this decade the press published, among other titles, Prelude by Katherine Mansfield, Poems by T.S. Eliot and Story of the Siren by E.M. Forster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Are You There? | 11/29/1976 | See Source »

...Hill. The Speaker of the House will no longer be the amiable Carl Albert but Massachusetts' Thomas ("Tip") O'Neill, 63, a shrewd liberal who will more aggressively challenge the White House. In the Senate, the favorite to replace Montana's scholarly and restrained Mike Mansfield as majority leader is West Virginia's Robert Byrd, 58, and he is also likely to push harder for social legislation that Ford would oppose. Then, too, if Carter is defeated, the Democrats' party leadership will be up for grabs. Potential Democratic candidates for the presidency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: THE SHAPE OF THE NEXT FOUR YEARS | 11/8/1976 | See Source »

...numerical shift anticipated for the 95th Congress may be small, but the personality of Congress when it convenes in January will differ markedly because of the retirement of many old standbys on the Hill. Both parties in the Senate are losing their leaders, Democrat Mike Mansfield of Montana and Republican Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania. In addition, such Democratic stalwarts as Philip Hart of Michigan and STuart Symington of Missouri are ending Senate careers that began in the 1950s...

Author: By Steven Schorr, | Title: From Sea to Shining Sea: Races for Congress and The Governor's Mansion | 11/2/1976 | See Source »

...waiting patiently for the Crimson to take a view of the grading situation at Harvard which will help promote a return to higher and more uniform standards. Only so will "free competition" produce a fair result. Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr. '53 professor of Government

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Still Waiting | 10/28/1976 | See Source »

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