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...approve the nomination, questions Bird's lack of judicial experience and does not like what he describes as her "soft position" on the death penalty. Younger, a Republican, wants to run against Brown in next year's gubernatorial election; if he blocks the Bird appointment, he could reap the wrath of California's women voters...
...four years, the fates of two companies, their workers and their communities hung on a single Army contract for a helicopter known as UTTAS (Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System). In December the Army announced the winner: Sikorsky of Stratford, Conn., which stands to reap perhaps $4 billion in sales over the next ten years. The loser, Boeing Vertol in Ridley Township, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia, must now contend with doubts about its survival as a primary aircraft maker. To gauge the impact of the biggest helicopter award in 20 years, TIME Correspondent Eileen Shields visited both plants. Her report...
Many appraised the appointment positively. Says one former U.N. official: "Moynihan was the stick, Scranton was the carrot, and now Young can reap the benefits by innovating." According to a black diplomat, Young "could go far in changing the 'atmospherics,' and that is important since many U.N. issues are more symbolic than real...
...James Ritchie, executive director of the Gambling Commission. "There is in the breast of every person," he observes, "a desire to risk. It may be a desire to run for political office, or a desire by a farmer to plant wheat and see if the elements allow him to reap a crop, or a desire to buy stock or commodity futures. Or maybe it comes from a person who decides he has some disposable income and he's going to risk that money because he has a feeling he'll come away with more money, which is called gambling...
...constitutional changes had been in the wind for months, the delay in elections caught even some of Mrs. Gandhi's supporters off guard. On the surface, there seemed every reason why the Prime Minister should go to the polls in the next few months, if only to reap the political benefits of two consecutive good harvests, the best in India's history. But Mrs. Gandhi is not yet satisfied with the results of her 20-point economic program initiated under emergency rule. Moreover, if she were to allow even the semblance of a free campaign, she would have...