Word: thompson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Around mid-October of 1975 the investigation was expanded to employees of a number of Ford Motor suppliers. These included U.S. Steel Corp., the Budd Co., the Kenyon & Eckhardt and J. Walter Thompson advertising agencies. The first contractor to be investigated was Diner's/Fugazy Travel and Incentive Inc., which is headed by William Fugazy Sr., a close friend of lacocca...
Director Tommy Thompson, who returns to Harvard after staging Failing here last fall, tries to wring the life from every line in the show. The technique works for a while, but is finally overwhelmed by the script's weight and wordiness (although some of the passages are truly beautiful...
...Aaso Thompson...
...have been bareknuckle contests, with anti-ERA legislators complaining about "braless, brainless broads." In contrast, last week's debate in the state's house of representatives was a civilized affair. The battle seemed to be over; proponents thought they had the votes to win. Republican Governor James Thompson had been lobbying for support. So too had the powerful Cook County Democratic machine. Thus some 400 spectators, including the Governor's wife, who wore a pro-ERA button, were in an optimistic mood as they crowded into the gallery...
...next day three resolutions were introduced in the house that could bring ERA up for another vote, perhaps this week. Still, victory is far from certain. Explains Thompson: "It'll be hard for me to go back to the Republicans who stuck out their necks. You can only go to the well just so often...