Word: regarded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Image, in fact, is Chaban's greatest liability and probably the main reason why, despite the endorsement of the Gaullist Party, he trailed Giscard last week. Throughout his 29-year political career, Chaban has striven to appear youthful, athletic and energetic-and succeeded all too well. Many Frenchmen regard Chaban, who was a national tennis finalist in 1965, as a "playboy," not sérieux enough to be President. Married three times, in a Catholic country where divorce is still a political handicap, he has become saddled with the nicknames "Beau Jacques"and "Charmant Delmas." Moreover, he still...
...region's environment is worse than damage to the same region's economy, and of who should pay for cleaning up pollution. Ten plaintiffs, including the Federal Government and the states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, want a Reserve plant to stop discharging what they regard as harmful emissions into the air and Lake Superior. In reply, Reserve says that the emissions pose no danger to public health, that to stop them it would have to close down, and that if the governments are so anxious for a cleanup, they should...
...plot, which is totally predictable whenever it manages to make sense, shuttles Thomasine (Vonetta McGee) and Bushrod (Max Julien) from caper to caper with small regard for continuity. Yet, there are some nice, funny, affectionate moments between the two lead actors. She is always at him about something, like holding up their getaway from a bank robbery so she can snap a photograph. He is very wry, very careful about her, and although one can see the last ambush coming a long distance away, it is still a wrenching moment. McGee and Julien (he also wrote the script and coproduced...
South Africa would be faced with a similar situation in regard to the Mozambican port of Lourenco Marques, which now carries much of the traffic to and from Johannesburg, South Africa's industrial capital. All of this cargo would now have to be routed through one of South Africa's own four ports...
...Ford's doubts about Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger, Laird's phone jangled again. A concerned Schlesinger wanted a reading of the true meaning of Ford's speculation. Schlesinger was reassured. Ford had not liked Schlesinger's performance on the Hill, but he had high regard for his ability and felt Schlesinger could learn to do better with Congress...