Word: maxed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Politicians, predictably, lined up behind Hughes, while Party Chairman Lawrence O'Brien, organized labor, conservatives and, ironically, Southerners, stood foursquare for Mrs. Harris. Hubert Humphrey, whose longtime confidant Max Kampelman is one of Mrs. Harris' law partners, hedged his bets by telling an audience before the balloting: "Whatever decision you make, I'm going to like." Edmund Muskie finally made up his mind to authorize his operatives to support Hughes -only a scant day before the voting, so that his influence was lost...
Historian Max Müller. Not that Welch believes in what he calls the "Zoo Theory," according to which representatives of the various species of religion must be on a faculty. The "Insider Theory"-the principle that Catholic studies must be taught by a Catholic, Hinduism by a Hindu-is similarly beguiling and wrong, says Welch. Instead, he says, the qualifications for scholars are the same in religion as in any other discipline, including the ability to perform critical analysis. Welch is convinced that the study of religion must be buttressed with that of the social sciences and the other...
...covers also represent nearly every conceivable art form-painting in oil and watercolor, drawing, photography, sculpture, woodcut, collage, even needlepoint. The prominent contributors over the decades include Painters Pietro Annigoni, Boris Artzybasheff, Boris Chaliapin, Dong Kingman, Henry Koerner, Peter Max, Andy Warhol, Grant Wood and Andrew Wyeth; Cartoonists Herblock, Bill Mauldin, Patrick Oliphant, Charles Schulz and James Thurber; Sculptors Robert Berks and Marisol. Among the hosts of the Los Angeles exhibit will be Glessmann and Associate Publisher Ralph Davidson...
...departure precedes that of Secretary-General U Thant, who has decided to retire after ten years. Among the candidates to succeed Thant is Finnish Ambassador to the U.N. Max Jakobson. The French government, however, last week suddenly began to lobby for selection of someone more linguistically able. Distressed by the poor French of Thant, the French are hoping for a French-speaking successor. A favorite appears to be Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, who is the U.N. high commissioner for refugees and speaks the language exquisitely...
...much a question of money; the company increased its quarterly payout from 13? to 14?, or a total of only $46,000 on all outstanding shares. Rather, as Florida Telephone President Max Wettstein told a four-man board at the Cost of Living Council in Washington last week, it was a question of principle-and sound business practice. The company needs uninterrupted dividend growth, he explained, in order to attract new capital for its construction program. Besides, Wettstein pointed out, President Nixon does not have congressional authority to freeze dividends, and the 10 increase cannot legally be rescinded...