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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Regarded in the past as a skilled trial lawyer, Civiletti holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland Law School. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney in Baltimore, where he prosecuted fraud and other cases for two years, before going into private practice. Civiletti emphasized he has no further governmental ambitions. When he completes his service as Attorney General, he intends to return to his law practice in Baltimore...
...money managers followed their instincts and bought some dollars to head off any major upset in the international exchange markets. The Federal Reserve Board also poured some $2 billion into the foreign exchanges to buy dollars, and at week's end the slide was stemmed. Still, in the past month the dollar has lost roughly 5% of its value against the West German mark, Swiss franc, French franc and British pound...
Every time in the past couple of decades that a President has felt compelled to demonstrate to the world how tough he was we have been dragged deeper into trouble. A major cause of the Viet Nam involvement was Jack Kennedy's concern about machismo, and then Lyndon Johnson's determination to show that Texans did not back away from fights...
...hills above Managua. It hovered over a heavily fortified complex in the heart of the war-torn capital and flicked on its landing lights. For the last time, President Anastasio ("Tacho") Somoza Debayle gazed down upon the bunker that had been his combination home and command post for the past 20 months. Then the chopper alighted at Las Mercedes Airport, where Somoza's private jet was standing by. Moments later, the wan and pasty-faced dictator, drooping with fatigue, was on his way into exile...
Within the past year, Kriangsak has responded to invitations from Washington, Moscow and Peking by making official visits to all three capitals. The interest in Thailand shown by the superpowers goes well beyond their concern to have amicable diplomatic relations with Bangkok. It is a tacit admission that turmoil in Southeast Asia could be as great a threat to the peace and stability of the world as a crisis in the Middle East...