Word: staff
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...political reasons. Muriel was never a fan of Washington and not particularly fond of politics. But close friends say that on his deathbed Humphrey asked her to accept the post; moreover, Muriel feels indebted to her husband's loyal staff. By going to Washington, she would guarantee their jobs for eleven more months and give them time to look for other work. Hubert would have approved...
...assess the situation there. So was the Duke himself, Actor John Wayne, a conservative on most issues but a supporter of the treaties ceding the canal to Panama. Meanwhile, a "Panama Canal truth squad," including several members of Congress and a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was visiting four U.S. cities to drum up opposition to the treaties. As part of an Administration counteroffensive, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance made a three-day swing through the South and West before shuttling off to the Middle East. This week Defense Secretary Harold Brown will hit the road...
Since graduating from the Medical School in 1969, Crichton has not practiced medicine, although he spent a year on the research staff at the Salk Institute. He has devoted most of his time to writing novels and. more recently, to directing films...
...Arnold Arboretum's first plant-hunting expedition to the Far East in 60 years, staff members of the Arboretum brought back hundreds of exotic plant seeds, some of which have already begun to germinate, Dr. Richard E. Weaver, an expedition member at the Arboretum, said yesterday...
...workaholic, Byrd rises at 6:30 every morning, then usually travels by chauffeur-driven limousine ? one of his perks of leadership ? from his modest suburban house in McLean, Va., to his office, where he is in business by 7:45. He then begins a breathless round of staff discussions, committee meetings, and appointments. The majority leader always eats lunch in his office, usually a bologna sandwich prepared by his wife Erma. Says he: "It saves time...