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...Senate cloakroom, Majority Leader Howard Baker was trying to put together enough votes for a continuing resolution that would keep programs funded through the fiscal year. Michigan Democrat Carl Levin, who objected to proposed increases for defense spending, threatened to filibuster. Ted Stevens of Alaska, the Republican whip, began shouting at Levin. When Georgia Democrat Sam Nunn tried to intercede, Stevens turned his wrath on him. The mild-mannered Nunn stalked away...
...Nashville and Memphis. Why, then, is it in Knoxville (pop. 183,000) that the 1982 World's Fair opens on May 1? Simple: seven years ago, a group of high-rolling local businessmen started thinking that a Knoxville World's Fair would be a nifty thing to whip up. Local citizens were dubious, and some are now peeved. But what was not long ago a desolate downtown patch of rail sidings and weeds is now a nearly complete 77-acre complex of gleaming pavilions, an aerial tramway, a fabric-covered amphitheater and a quarter-mile-long pit that...
Hartstein felt that transactions were needlessly complicated by the requirement that payment be made only by certified check or money order. Now a onetime spouse only needs to visit one of four offices, whip out a Visa card and charge the payment. It can also be done by phone. Says Hartstein: "It's the same process as if you call and charge theater tickets...
Another candidate, Hose minority whip. Andrew H. Card, Jr., said yesterday that Robinson helped the campaign focus on issues and called his departure "unfortunate...
Brademus, who was inaugurated as NYU president last fall after having represented Indiana in the Home of Representatives for 22 years, has accepted the invitation. The Pitt News reported. He was majority whip for four years in Congress before he was defeated for re-election last year...