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Douglas was reared in poverty by his widowed mother in Yakima, Wash., near the mountains where he would later build his beloved wilderness retreat. A lifelong conservationist, naturalist and enthusiastic hiker-climber, he began challenging mountains as a boy in order to rebuild legs ravaged by polio. After graduating from Whitman College, he hitched a freight to New York City, arriving with 60 in his pocket, then worked his way through Columbia Law School-once writing a text for a law correspondence course in a subject he had yet to take himself...
...Mail that he would be a strong defender of the CIA because "I believe in the importance of a sound and strong intelligence capability." His friendship with Ford and experience with Congress, where Bush served two terms in the House, might help the agency as it tries to rebuild after the congressional investigations...
...civil servants ignored Premier Karami's order to return to work. One suspicion was that the lull was only a "paycheck truce" during which the soldiers of the private militias involved would collect back salaries from local political bosses or other employers, get food for their families and rebuild their own supply of arms and ammunition...
...Tons. The Soviets have agreed to rebuild Phonesavang on the Plain of Jars. Phonesavang, once considered a strategic village, was destroyed by U.S. Air Force bombing raids. Just as U.S. pilots and planes used to ferry non-Communist troops and officials to trouble spots around the country. Soviet pilots and planes now transport the Pathet Lao. The Russians currently have about 500 to 800 diplomats and technical experts in Laos, and reinforcements are arriving every month...
...This is only my second year," Campbell said last night, and it takes time to rebuild...