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Obviously stung by the attacks, Carter appeared before the Urban League a day after Jordan's speech and vigorously defended his record, listing a series of Administration-backed proposals to provide blacks with better jobs, medical care and schooling. Afterward, the President reproached Jordan privately for starting the trouble in the first place. At his press conference, Carter said he warned Jordan that "erroneous or demagogic statements" would damage the cause of the nation's poor. Carter added that he did not look on Jordan as a demagogue, but to many commentators he seemed to be saying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WHITE HOUSE: A Fallout Between Friends | 8/8/1977 | See Source »

House Speaker Tip O'Neill and other Democratic congressional leaders were stung. In a stormy confrontation. Connecticut Democrat Robert Giaimo. chairman of the House Budget Committee, warned Rivlin during a committee meeting to shut up in public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLICY: Everyone's Wild Over Alice | 7/18/1977 | See Source »

Dartmouth stung for a run in the home half of the first inning off loser Ron Stewart. Stewart retired the first hitter but three pitches later the Woodsmen had their margin of victory with a single, stolen base and another single...

Author: By Carl A. Esterhay and David A. Wilson, S | Title: Batsmen Drown Big Green 19-1 After 3-0 Loss | 5/20/1977 | See Source »

Harvard had its big inning in the eighth when it no longer mattered, as the Crimson stung four hits for four runs, the big shot being Trembowicz's two-run single. Stenhouse, for once, did not figure in the scoring...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Crimson Nine Top Brown, Northeastern | 5/9/1977 | See Source »

...course, advertising. At times, the old Saturday Night wit is in top form. In a takeoff on Let's Make a Deal, one hyperexcited contestant trades a husband, children and an Arizona home for what's behind the door. "Oh oh, Edna, you've been stung!" says Host Chevy cheerily. "It's a spinal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Chevy Slips into Prime Time | 5/9/1977 | See Source »

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