Word: republicans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cohen, who was named Republican of the year by the Harvard Republican Club tonight, stressed the importance of geo-politics and said, "Our economy is only as important as our supply of energy...
...White House gave high marks to Harold Denton, the NRC official who finally pulled things into shape at the reactor, and to Pennsylvania's new Republican Governor, Richard Thornburgh. "We found him to be extraordinarily competent, calm and sensible," said a Carter aide. "We never worried that he would get carried away." Said Thornburgh: "I told the President we are tough people and that we'll handle...
...Carter's political operatives. Both Gallen and Chris Spirou, minority leader of the New Hampshire house, are Carter supporters. But Brown's gaffe actually seems to have been a case of naivete and poor staff work. Spirou had written to Brown saying that the hearing was a "Republican scheme" and that he should stay away...
...funny thing happened on her way to the office. Every Chicagoan knew she was going to win. But nobody suspected the size of the majority that tough Democrat Jane Byrne, 44, was going to roll up over a weak Republican to become the Second City's first lady. When the votes were counted, Byrne had 82.1% of the vote-the biggest landslide in Chicago history. The political heirs of the late Richard J. Daley were impressed. "A gracious woman . . . a young woman ... a girl," stammered Cook County Democratic Leader George Dunne, searching for a handle. Sun-Times Columnist Mike...
...committee of Nixon for President in 1967-68. Anderson was one of the oil executives who successfully sought Walter Hickel's nomination as Secretary of the Interior. Hickel was a development-minded governor of Alaska, and ARCO was intent on exploiting its North Slope holdings. Anderson served as a Republican National Committeeman from 1968 to 1972. In 1972, Anderson and eight other ARCO directors gave a total of $62,000 to Nixon's reelection campaign. Twenty-nine ARCO officials could be counted on federal advisory committees...