Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After Fairbank and Terrill spoke, they fielded questions from the audience of 40 students...
...spoke that is longest and strongest of all is clearly Hamilton Jordan, 32. the breezy, feet-up Georgian who was Carter's executive secretary in his gubernatorial days and is now boss of "political coordination" in the White House. Referring to the longtime Georgia confidant who has helped him out on particularly knotty problems, Carter calls Jordan "My West Wing Charles Kirbo." In fact, Jordan's responsibilities are just about what he chooses to make them. Chuckles a colleague: "Power groups in the Carter White House. Hamilton is the power group...
Senator Lori Wilson, sponsor of the Florida ERA resolution, blamed defeat on the good old boy image in Southern life. The good old boy, she said, stubbornly fought against change, opposing to the last women's right to vote and black civil rights. As she spoke in the Florida senate of "the same old Southern trail which leads nowhere," sardonic cheering broke out in the gallery among ERA opponents, who were dressed in red. Pro-ERA women, dressed in green, were silent. Said Wilson: "I'm embarrassed for the South...
...Nessen spoke yesterday to a group of 50 students in Emerson Hall and participated in a panel discussion on media coverage of campaigns at Hilles library...
...Canada on the brink of civil war? To say so would be an exaggeration, although hostilities have already developed between the federal and provincial levels. Jacques Y. Morin, Quebec Education Minister and Marcel Leger, Quebec Environment Minister, recently startled international conferences by stating that they spoke for Quebec, not Canada. Trudeau responded with a threat to ban Quebec representatives from future international conferences if such situations recurred...