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Despite the pleas of his staff, Carter refused to retreat at first-thus giving a rare public demonstration of his obsti-nancy under pressure. Asked why he, a man who is generally precise and subtle in his use of language, persisted in using words that offended so many people, Carter...
Throughout the day and night Inquirer attorneys made pleas to Rizzo and Police Commissioner O'Neill to disperse the pickets. But there was no response from either man. Finally, after the paper missed its first two editions because pressmen and mailers could not enter the building, a local judge issued...
The President carried a nice bag of gifts into Illinois. He gladdened farmers by proposing to raise the estate top exemption for family farms from $60,000 to $150,000. Despite his own pleas for cutting the federal budget, he also advocated more Government spending for agricultural animal research. And...
Bump Incomes. Kerry put much of the blame on officials. Troubled churches write in for help and their pleas go unanswered, he claimed, and devout practitioners receive abusive letters. The all-powerful five-member Board of Directors, he added, avoids urgent matters. Even so, he said, the directors are paid...
Canadians who wanted one of their own countrymen to open the Olympic Games this summer have been grumbling ever since their government tapped Britain's Queen Elizabeth for the honor. Now, at least, they can claim victory in a minor skirmish over the Queen's visit. It seems...