Word: things
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would close the Douglas division and face a few tough years. Alternatively, the Pentagon could step in with a Lockheed-type federal bailout to protect its No. 1 supplier, though that will probably not be necessary. Military officers who have long been dealing with the company agree on one thing: "Old Mac is probably madder than hell that he ever picked up Douglas...
...first thing that Lee Sherman Dreyfus did after taking office last January as Wisconsin's 41st Governor was to hold three separate inaugural balls and invite everyone in the state to attend. He stocked the closets of the Governor's mansion with two dozen apple-red vests, his personal trademark, and ordered a deluxe blue Chevy van to replace the official limousine. Not long after that, he signed a $946-million tax cut, the biggest in the state's history, which gave delighted Wisconsinites a reprieve from state income taxes in their May and June paychecks...
With John Paul, often the striking thing is not what he does but the way he does it. A Jesuit theologian in Rome compares two Popes: "Paul VI constantly reminded people of how hard it is to be a Christian in this world. John Paul, from long-suffering Poland, reminds them how wonderful it is to be a Christian in spite of all the difficulties. Paul's was the way of the Cross. John Paul looks to the Resurrection." If the Sacred College of Cardinals last October sought to bring about an era of consolidation and renewed confidence within...
...know it is so. And you know that I know it is so. And you know that Connie Mulder knows it is so.' He shrugged and said, 'Yes, it is so.' And I said, 'But John, it can't go on like that. The thing will destroy...
Whether or not the U.S. walks in is another matter. In Washington, American officials insisted that a settlement of the Cambodian situation ought to be a precondition of any further discussions. Said one skeptic of the latest Vietnamese overture: "They like to make people think one thing, and then they will do another...