Word: presidental
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WASHINGTON--Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr. (R-Tenn.) yesterday announced he is a candidate for president, although he acknowledged he has not yet demonstrated he can beat his Republican rivals.
But then, Baker is a sharpie. Of all the members of the Senate Watergate investigation, he is one of the few who was able to turn the hearings to his advantage. Letters poured into the senator's office encouraging him to run for president. The dimpled photogenic Baker, who exchanged...
In contrast to his opposition to SALT II, Baker stunned the congressional Republicans last year by supporting ratification of the Panama Canal treaty, which gave the Panamanian government control of the waterway. Despite rumors he had unforgivably deserted the party line to save a Democratic president, Baker easily won re...
THE SENATE FINANCE Committee's recent approval of $17 billion in tax breaks for producers of synthetic fuels and for businesses that use conventional energy sources such as solar power represents a great improvement over an earlier $54 billion version of the bill. The new bill, which slows the push...
Fortunately, the only obstacle that means anything to oil companies--cost--may be decisive in the future of synthetic fuels. Cost estimates for liquefied coal have climbed from $7.50 per barrel of oil equivalent in 1973 to $20 in 1977, and they are still rising. Nevertheless, oil companies have pushed...