Word: tripped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Explorer entered the harbor of Shanghai at daybreak, three passengers had special reason to stand on the observation deck to command a full view of the city. Senior Writer Michael Demarest, who wrote this week's special report on the People's Republic, was making his first trip to China. The sight, he recalls, was wondrous and unexpected, with "freighters, tankers, junks and sampans set against that immortal skyline." Photographer Carl Mydans and Shelley, his novelist wife, were also thrilled by the panorama, but much of it was familiar to them. As one of LIFE's photographer...
Trying to drum up support for Kemp-Roth, a group of Republican leaders, including New York Congressman Jack Kemp, toured the country for three days last month in what they called a "tax blitz." At the cost of $150,000 for the trip, the Republicans figured they got $2.5 million in free publicity. But their live audiences were hardly worth the effort...
...activity on Capitol Hill was being carefully monitored by the White House. Jimmy Carter postponed a planned weekend trip to Camp David and Press Secretary Jody Powell quipped that "the President's afraid to leave town." Domestic Adviser Stuart Eizenstat patrolled outside the conference room, lobbying for Carter's position that an increased share of the tax relief go to lower-and middle-income taxpayers. Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal was consulting constantly with Congressmen; among other things, he warned them that a tax bill would be vetoed if it contained, as the Nunn amendment did, "restraints" on future...
...this year. Since the team was named in early June, they have practiced together four times. Kleinfelder says although 10 of her 15 players are from the Philadelphia area, she has trouble getting everyone together during school time. But she has big plans for a Christmas vacation Florida trip. "Florida's gonna get intense," she says. "We'll probably go triple sessions...
About 25 women--all those who have been involved in the fundraising and who want to go --will participate in the trip, scheduled for December 26 to January 3, Walsh said...