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Jordan, who is noted for her membership on the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate hearings, said the stigma of being a woman in government did not hinder her performance. "I ignored it. You cannot succeed in politics is you are to withdraw into some self-concept that "because I am a woman, I can't,'" she said...
...coerce McCabe into selling out. The gunman, blond, boyish, and innocent-looking, asks Carradine what kind of gun he has. Carradine tells him, sheepishly admitting that he really doesn't know how to use it. "Come on, let me see it," the blond youth insists; as Carradine begins to withdraw the gun, the young gunman shoots him, and watches as his body falls into the stream, cracking the ice and slowly sinking...
...remain at Camp David. Carter proposes a deadline of Sunday to wind up the summit, hoping the pressure may help. "He wanted it to end neatly at a fixed time, rather than die by gasps," says one American. The sticking point now is Begin's refusal to agree to withdraw settlements from the Sinai. But he does offer alternative: he would leave that issue up to the Knesset to resolve. Told of this, Sadat reluctantly agrees...
...Though he has received gratifying messages from Chairman Hua Kuo-feng ("We support your struggle"), no substantial increase in aid has been forthcoming. Diplomatic observers in Southeast Asia believe that if the Pol Pot regime should be toppled by Viet Nam or by a coup d'etat, Peking would withdraw from Cambodia, cutting its losses while attributing the defeat to the weaknesses of an unworthy ally...
Kheel denied the charge, adding that he would withdraw from the negotiations only at the request of George E. McDonald, president of APTC...