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...Nader Mehravari Ithica...
...first job in Washington, as Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, he carried out a reorganization that pointed the FTC toward serving consumer interests so effectively that he won praise from a man little disposed toward lauding bureaucrats, and especially not Republicans: Ralph Nader. Later, after moving from OMB to HEW Secretary, Weinberger sold Nixon, though not Congress, on a national health insurance plan...
Detroit, especially, is anticipating the early departure of Nader Disciple Joan Claybrook as head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, where she pushed hard for the air bags and tighter fuel-efficiency standards for trucks and vans that caused auto-industry headaches. Yale Professor Merton Peck, a Johnson Administration adviser, expects to see increased deregulation of small businesses where, he says, enforcement of rules is erratic and costly, and benefits to employees and consumers are marginal...
Javits undoubtedly has an outstanding record in the Senate; Ralph Nader's survey of congressional aides pinpointed the New Yorker as the Senate's brightest, and second most influential, member. The ranking minority member of the Foreign Relations Committee, Javits was responsible for shepherding the complicated 1973 War Powers Act through Congress...
Bakhtiar's implication was also affirmed in a series of dramatic televised confessions by some of the alleged conspirators, including Colonel Nader Vahdatipour and retired Brigadier General Ayatullah Mohaqqeqi. Vahdatipour said the plot had originally been based on the military's desire to save Iran from Communism. The conspirators, he added, got in touch with Bakhtiar only after forming their own clandestine organization...