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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...oldest of eleven children (all married), I'd like to point out our combined family numbers more than 100 who vote only for pro-life candidates. Pro-lifers have children, pro-choicers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 30, 1979 | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

There are now 36 Radcliffe trustees. Six are chosen by a vote of Radcliffe alumnae every four years, and the rest are chosen by the previous board. There is no set number of trustees...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Alumnae, Board of Trustees Elect Six Members | 7/24/1979 | See Source »

...Byrd's turn. He told the Soviet leader that he himself was still undecided on the treaty. He added: "I want to give you today a candid appraisal of the prospects for the SALT II treaty in the Senate. It is my opinion that if there were a vote today, the Senate probably would not approve the SALT II treaty. But much can happen between now and the final vote." Byrd then made his first suggestion: "It would be a significant help in the area of verification if we could have an indication that you could agree to notification...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: From Russia with Hope | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

...about 6% annually. Lopez Portillo has also promoted a certain degree of political liberalization, although his Institutional Revolutionary Party (P.R.I.) continues to dominate Mexican politics as it has for the past 50 years. To no one's surprise, the P.R.I, swept up some 70% of the popular vote in this month's congressional elections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: An Interview with L | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

...Soto plant, but left the shop floor to become a union staffer in 1947 and, shortly thereafter, one of Walter Reuther's right-hand men. When Reuther died in 1970, Fraser competed closely with Leonard Woodcock for the presidency. Woodcock won a narrow majority in the U.A.W. vote board; Fraser withdrew and urged that the election be made unanimous. That gracious gesture perhaps ensured his own election to the $59,000 post in 1977, when Woodcock reached the mandatory retirement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Fraser Goes into High Gear | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

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