Word: stripping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...protect and restore the air, earth and water. Last year his land-use planning bill, 2 which would have authorized federal grants to states that draw up programs for orderly land development, was defeated by only seven votes. He had another setback this year when his bill to regulate strip mining was passed by both houses and then vetoed by the President. On the other hand, he played a key role in blocking future development of the supersonic transport...
Perhaps a good 1976 campaign theme for Jerry Ford would be: "Being President means never having to say yes." After a year in the White House, he has vetoed 36 bills. We know Ford has opposed bills to fund emergency jobs, regulate strip mining, increase moderate-income housing, etc. The question is, what does he stand...
...Question. The situation is further complicated by Cabinda, the rich enclave separated from Angola by a strip of Zaire territory. A separatist group known as the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (F.L.E.C.) last week declared the territory independent. Although F.L.E.C. is puny, there are fears that if Angola continues to fall apart, Zaïre will seize the territory...
...shouldn't Brenda suffer like the rest of us?" mused Cartoonist Dale Messick, 69, after revealing that Brenda Starr, girl reporter and glamorous comic-strip heroine in 150 newspapers, was finally going to be married. Though she accepted the proposal of the ever-faithful Larry Nichols last week, Brenda will probably end up at the altar in November with the dashing Basil St. John, her boy friend of 35 years, revealed Creator Messick. "After all, Brenda has been everywhere and done everything, but she's still a virgin. In fact, she only got a belly button five...
...relief pitcher touts a comic strip featuring a zany resembling himself. The first baseman is renowned for raising hell and racing thoroughbreds. The second and third basemen are hosts of a radio show. Other players dabble in transcendental meditation. But none of that for the single-minded leftfielder who gets his kicks from brutalizing a baseball with...