Word: sam
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fall. Once you cellists, editors, sopranos, and politicos arrive in September, zealous upperclassmen will besiege you to join the H-R This and That Club or at least put you on its mailing list. Soon torrents of literature will make you feel like the poor sucker Uncle Sam means when he points a gnarled finger and croaks, "I want...
Paradoxically, however, dedicated arms controllers have lost ground during the hearings because the price of the treaty is almost certain to be a U.S. arms buildup. This was not only Kissinger's message, but that of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary Harold Brown, Democratic Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia and others. Indeed, the main issue no longer appears to be whether SALT II will pass, although that is not yet certain; instead, it is what kind of measures will accompany the treaty to strengthen the nation's defenses and send the right signals to the Kremlin...
Treaty backers found some small hope in Haig's vague statement. They were even more cheered by an unexpectedly early signal from Senator Sam Nunn. The Georgia Democrat announced that he would vote for SALT II if annual defense spending were boosted about 5% (after inflation) for the next five years. Said he: "In the absence of such a commitment, the SALT II treaty will become nothing more than an instrument for registering emerging Soviet military superiority...
There were, however, many successful politicians in the group, the most obvious being Ted Kennedy, the Democrat leading in presidential polls. Georgia's Senator Sam Nunn has become a respected and conservative expert on military affairs. Seventeen won their first elections or gained higher offices. These Include a gaggle of Governors: Tennessee's Lamar Alexander, California's Jerry Brown, West Virginia's Jay Rockefeller, Illinois' James Thompson and Delaware's Pierre DuPont IV. There was also a spate of new Senators: New Jersey's Bill Bradley, Michigan's Don Riegle, Missouri...
...Crazy Horse, is full of brash challenge, like the best punk. Even his acoustic songs-sometimes witty, often wildly romantic-have the kind of recklessness and daring that punk stands for but only fitfully delivers. There are other specters and influences hovering around this record, from Mark Twain to Sam Peckinpah to Johnny Rotten, and it is one mark of Young's achievement that he can sit them all down around the fire and make them seem like brothers...