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...Ford advisers have been split over whether the President should select a conservative vice-presidential candidate, the better to attack the liberal Carter-Mondale slate, or whether he should pick a moderate in hope of attracting independent and Democratic voters. Connally, with his ties to Texas oil interests and his wheeler-dealer image, might not have enough appeal beyond the confines of the Republican right...
...importance of the issue at trial has been somewhat obscured by the time, money and verbiage spent on the case. It took no less than 17 weeks to select the jurors (who have mercifully not been sequestered). So far, the trial has produced 22,150 pages of transcript, plus 546 exhibits of evidence, ranging from the three Winchester rifles used by guards when Jackson was killed to the medical headache chart of one of the defendants. The prosecution has called 34 witnesses, while the defense has countered with 49, many of whom support the San Quentin Six's contention...
Under the elaborate rules bequeathed to Spain by Franco, the King had to select his new Premier from a list of three names submitted by the Council of the Realm, an advisory body with a strong rightist outlook. Juan Carlos, however, seems to have had enough prestige and control over the council to get from it the kind of moderately reform-minded Premier he wanted. In addition to Suárez, the council suggested Gregorio López Bravo, conservative former Foreign Minister under Franco, and Federico Silva Muñoz, a former Public Works Minister under Franco and reputedly...
...Mars. Because a big animal has less surface area in relation to its volume than a smaller one, and because it is from an animal's surface that heat and moisture are lost, explains Sagan, "organisms with an interest in the conservation of heat and water may select larger sizes." The two scientists speculate that among the large life forms that could have evolved on Mars are ";petrophages" (rock eaters), which get their water and minerals from rocks; "crystophages" (ice eaters), which tap the permafrost beneath the surface; and creatures with shell-like shields for protection against the strong...
This most select of Summer School musical organizations is Kirchner's four-year-old brainchild, and its composition and rehearsal schedule are both very much in line with his ideal of musical training--intensive immersion in the theory and practice of music by a group of top-flight musicians, both young hotshots and more experienced pros...