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Kennecott fought the ruling unsuccessfully through the courts (the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case) and even enlisted top politicians, labor leaders and economists to argue on its side. But nothing shook the FTC's resolve. Earlier this month, Kennecott lost what may very well be its last legal appeal when a federal court failed to reverse the order. Despite all the legal maneuvering, the copper company insists that it also has tried to find a way of giving up Peabody without inflicting financial harm upon itself, but the FTC wants it to try harder. The commission...
...left hand. He sent his point ripping upward under de Bernis'guard. But de Bernis...passed his sword from side to side through the captain's extended body. Standing over Tom Leach as he lay coughing out his evil life upon the sands, Monsieur de Bernis ruefully shook his head...
Later, the delegates gave more joyous emotions full rein, happily bouncing two beach balls high in the colorful hall while awaiting the nominees. Fritz Mondale, normally a reserved, if witty, man, shook off the nervousness apparent at a morning press conference in which Carter had revealed his choice, and delivered a punchy, shouting speech...
...smoothed the way to a meeting of minds. Young was impressed by the fact that she joined the Peace Corps at the age of 68. Later, he ran into Carter in a black restaurant, when Carter was campaigning for Governor. Young noted that the candidate not only shook hands with the prominent diners but also went into the kitchen to press the flesh with the cooks and dishwashers...
Ford also took one important step designed not to generate publicity but to improve it. Plagued by squabbles among his staff and an image as a weak leader, Ford shook up his publicity operation. Swedish-born Margita White, 39, taciturn director of the White House Office of Communications, was nominated to a seven-year term on the Federal Communications Commission. The President replaced her with David Gergen, 34, a former Nixon speechwriter and highly regarded special counsel to Ford, and made it clear that the Office of Communications would wield considerably more power; it is expected to grow from half...