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...another day, the President surrounded himself with some of the most outspoken women in Congress, among them New York Representatives Bella Abzug and Shirley Chisholm, as he signed a proclamation making Aug. 26, the 54th anniversary of women's suffrage, Women's Equality Day. He also urged that the remaining states ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. Quipped one of the women at the gathering: "It looks like a chorus line." Responded Ford: "You girls are the Rockettes." It is a measure of both the times and Ford's style that he got away with...
...outspoken book, Verrett charges that the American people are ill protected against both known and suspected harmful effects from the 3,000 to 10,000 food additives, dyes and substitutes now in use. "The FDA'S performance, certainly of late, has been outrageous," she asserts. As she sees the FDA, it is a regulatory agency charged by law to protect the public's health but too much concerned with the interests of big business. It flouts the law by covering up health hazards with evasions, distortions and misstatements. (See the top 10 bad beverage ideas...
...supply and demand, the sky-high oil prices that are disrupting Western economies should be falling right now. Oil supplies are exceeding demand on world markets by 3% to 5%, creating the classic condition for a price drop. Saudi Arabia continues in its outspoken position as the one producing country whose officials have consistently argued that it is unrealistic for Middle East states to maintain posted prices for oil that are four tunes as high as they were last fall. Richer in petroleum reserves than any other nation, Saudi Arabia announced last month that in early August it would auction...
...past Richard Nixon's family, apparently ignorant of the contents of the fateful tapes, had been outspoken in his defense. Julie faced reporters on the White House lawn and insisted on her father's honesty. The quieter Tricia told newsmen in California that "innocence is innocence and my father is innocent!" Pat, whose composure rarely cracks, twice flashed anger at reporters for persisting in questions about Watergate. Last week all were silent. Their silence bothered some of Nixon's supporters. "What sort of man would hide things from his daughters and let them go out and defend...
...point ran almost ten times the normal flow, was often angry and bitter. Constituents called him "Brutus," "Judas" and "Benedict Arnold"; representatives of 100 American Legion posts said they were afraid he would come out next in favor of amnesty for draft evaders and deserters (Hogan is an outspoken opponent of amnesty); there were even three telephoned threats on his life...