Word: mansfield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...decided to ask Arnold about his latest movie. Conan the Barbarian. Shooting was delayed until spring. Arnold said, because of his various commitments. "It could be that I'm doing another project before then, because I just got a script that was very good. It's called "The Jayne Mansfield Story...
...article seems rather ironic," Harvey C. Mansfield '54, professor of Government, said yesterday, "because a Harvard man does everything he can to conceal his identity out of embarassment at going to the best University...
...elected Democratic whip, making him second in command to Majority Leader Mike Mansfield. In the aftermath of Chappaquiddick, however, Kennedy became distracted, neglected the job and left too many of his responsibilities to the No. 3 Democratic leader, Robert Byrd of West Virginia. Byrd did the work so well that he upset Kennedy for the post...
...Japanese trade tour, organized by the Department of Commerce, is aptly timed. Last week on both sides of the Pacific, there were signs that the chill in Washington-Tokyo relations caused by the U.S.'s chronic and massive trade deficit with Japan was beginning to dissipate. Said Mike Mansfield, U.S. Ambassador to Japan: "It's been a good summer. I haven't heard the word protectionism for months." By contrast, he said, the previous two years had been "among the most difficult in the U.S.-Japanese relationship since the end of World War II." In Washington, even...
Although the U.S. still has far to go to reach parity with Japan, the new mood was based on encouraging statistics. Says Mansfield: "In the first half of 1979, our exports to Japan were up 46% compared with a year ago. Our imports from Japan were up too, but only by 8.8%." Last year the U.S. ran an $11.6 billion deficit in its trade with Japan; in 1979 the figure is expected to drop to about $9 billion, a 25% decrease...