Word: suede
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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One by one, the invited vice-presidential prospects made their pilgrimages to Peanutville, U.S.A. In Plains, Ga., Jimmy Carter held court. Edmund Muskie-elegant, imposing, a bit haughty but willing ("I suppose I have an appetite for almost anything in politics that is new and different"). Walter Mondale -witty, cool...
All-Night Vigil. Paraplegics have mostly themselves to thank for these improvements. As a result of their agitation, including such demonstrations as an all-night vigil at the Lincoln Memorial in 1973, Congress has enacted legislation to eliminate barriers that impede the mobility, employment, education and recreation of the handicapped...
> The 1970 affair between Margaret Housen, 35, a secretary in Washington, D.C., and Angier St. George Biddle Duke, son of Angier Biddle Duke, former U.S. ambassador to Spain and Denmark, would hardly have ranked as a celebrated coupling had not Housen contracted gonorrhea. When doctors told Housen that she probably...
Now, after months of hearings, the Federal Trade Commission has moved to end this nightmare. In a ruling earlier this month, the agency decreed that a holder in due course is responsible for the merchandise, that a consumer can stop payment on a faulty product-and that all that has...
But Fraser recognizes that persuading the lenders to go along with a refinancing plan will not be easy. Also, he is involved in a damaging dispute with Arab investors. In 1974 the Kuwait Investment Co. hired Sea Pines Co. to oversee a planned $200 million development on Kiawah Island, S.C...