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...deadline set in the Camp David agreement. Concerned about the deteriorating situation, the White House announced that Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, who was scheduled to attend NATO talks in Brussels this week, would fly instead to Cairo and Jerusalem. Vance, said State Department Spokesman George Sherman, would "explore ways of resuming the discussions" with Sadat and Begin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Alone in Oslo | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

...Sherman Holcombe, some new cauliflower...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Christmas Blessing | 12/15/1978 | See Source »

...Kansas Republican Governor Robert Bennett, never really popular in his state, fell victim to the widespread voter unrest. He was upset by Democrat John Carlin, 38, speaker of the state's house of representatives. Wisconsin's image as one of the more liberal states was transformed by Republican Lee Sherman Dreyfus, 52, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, who was seeking office for the first time. He unseated Acting Governor Martin Schreiber, 39, a career politician. Yet Dreyfus, who describes himself as a maverick in a populist mold, saw no ideological portent in his victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Toss-'Em-Out Temper | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

...Strom Thurmond (R) South Dakota William J. Janklow (R) Larry Pressler (R) Tennessee Lamar Alexander (R) Howard H. Baker Jr. (R) Texas Too Close to Call Too Close to Call Utah Vermont Richard A. Snelling (R) Virginia Too Close to Call Washington West Virginia Jennings Randolph (D) Wisconsin Lee Sherman Dreyfus (R) Wyoming Ed Herschler (D) Not Yet Reported

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: National Races in Brief | 11/8/1978 | See Source »

Blair House has heard just about every kind of talk before, some strong and some gentle. WilHam Tecumseh Sherman, the man who later marched to the sea, was married there in 1850. One day in 1861 at breakfast, Navy Captain David Glasgow Farragut ("Damn the torpedoes-full speed ahead!") was told he was to command the Union attack against New Orleans. And in a front room Robert E. Lee turned down command of the Union armies, a melancholy prelude to many visits by the anguished Lincoln, who used to prowl the area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Ghosts and Pecan Bars | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

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