Word: ohio
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...Crimson isn't as commercial, professional, or Godlike as the Big Eight, the Pac 10, or the Big Ten--especially Ohio State...
...Maybe he talked too loud." That was one explanation in Washington for the sudden resignation last week of John Gilligan as the administrator of the Agency for International Development. A former Congressman and Governor of Ohio from 1970 to 1974, Gilligan clashed with top Administration officials over the policies of the bureaucracy that in fiscal 1978 dispensed $1.7 billion in foreign aid. In fact, the resignation may have been forced by his boss, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance...
...1930s a more humanistic T.V.A. attempted to solve the valley's problems, to harness the awesome power of the river that ran through seven states, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky and Ohio, to mend the damage it had wrought, and to improve the lives of the valley's residents. Not only did the agency bring electricity to most of their homes fro the first time, it also cut the price of power throughout the valley by two thirds, by serving as a yardstick against which the public could judge the prices charged by private utility companies. The yardstick idea...
Detroit residents celebrated last week as wildly as when Michigan beats Ohio State. But the city's leaders were not content with just landing the Republican Convention. Declared Mayor Young: "We're not through yet. Now we'll convince the Democrats to bring their 1980 convention here too." That will take some even fancier selling. The Democratic National Committee, which will make its choice this summer, listens to Jimmy Carter, and the President is said to be whistling Dixie these days...
...Senators, Democrats Sam Nunn of Georgia, Gary Hart of Colorado and John Glenn of Ohio and Republican William Cohen of Maine, told Carter that they are alarmed by a new U.S. intelligence appraisal revealing that North Korea is significantly more powerful than previously reported. The assessment places the size of Pyongyang's army at up to 600,000 men and 2,600 tanks, a boost of 25% over the last U.S. estimate. Against this, Seoul fields an army of 560,000 troops and 880 tanks. The South is at a 2-to-l disadvantage in tactical aircraft and trails...