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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...finished a respectable third in the primary that was ultimately won by ax-handle-wielding Segregationist Lester Maddox. For Carter, that campaign was only a warmup. To prepare for the race four years ahead, he steeped himself in the history of Georgia, pored over state budgets and education bills, shook all the hands that he could find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Jimmy Carter: Not Just Peanuts | 3/8/1976 | See Source »

Norwood could not be reached for comment yesterday. But last Sunday he said that when Holcombe emerged from his meeting with Sweeney, "He looked really shook up, and he said 'she called me a damn nigger, Charley...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: University Finds No Evidence Of Racial Slur to Holcombe | 3/2/1976 | See Source »

...spoiler was McDonald, who shook loose for a layup and converted the three-point play after he was fouled by Carey to put the game out of reach...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Quakers Nip Fired Up Crimson, 80-75 | 2/21/1976 | See Source »

Admiral Mack, 60, proved as unconventional at the Norfolk hearings as he had last August, when he shook up the Navy with a speech blaming U.S. failure in Viet Nam on minds closed to dissenting opinion. Mack testified that he knew Berg only during his academy days, but on that basis thinks the ensign should be kept in the Navy. Johns Hopkins Sex Specialist John W. Money, an expert witness, told the board that psychological tests showed Berg to be highly intelligent, balanced and creative. Said Money: "If the Navy can be broad-minded enough not to stigmatize him because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: The Bisexual and The Navy | 2/2/1976 | See Source »

Mayer laughed and moved down the line to carefully consider the choice of salads. He picked up a plastic wrapped three-bean salad and then paused before the fruit. "Are you sure you won't have some fruit?" he asked his luncheon guest. She shook her head. "Not even an apple?" he persisted. He filled a glass with lemonade...

Author: By Martha S. Hewson, | Title: Jean Mayer: You Are What You Eat | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

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