Seniority games in the U S Senate spark debate
The piece notes how Metzenbaum gained a seniority edge by Taft resigning early, highlighting how the Senate’s seniority system creates unequal status among new members. It cites Eastland and McClellan examples and questions if such maneuvers should be needed in Congress.
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U. S. Senate
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Sen
Robert Taft
Taft
James A. Rhode
Swift Taliaivehougt
Metzenbaum
Cleveland Democrat
Ohio
Congress
U. S
William Saxbe
House
Eastland
Senate
McClellan
Gerstel
Sen. Taft
Pressure mounts as Arab bloc backs peace push
As outsiders press for Middle East peace, 37 U S congressmen visit Israel and Arab centers and report Cairo’s hints at Geneva talks. Syria backs Egyptian peace moves after limbering its stance on Sinai. The aim is to sway the Carter administration to adopt a tougher line toward Israel.
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Middle East
Israel
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Geneva
Syria
Lebanon
Assad
Sadat
Sinai
Carter
Washington
Are we really alone in the universe in this era
Washington discussion redefines space inquiry focusing on life beyond Earth. Scientists argue the universe hosts vast stars and planets, with life potentially adapting to nonEarth chemistries and environments. Mars and Jupiter moons are debated as possible habitats while Mars rovers and robotic probes are proposed to seek signs of life and gather planetary data.
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Washington
Universe
United States
Earth
Milky Way
Space
Mars
IS. Shklovsky
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jupiter
Outer Space
Callisto
Venus
Mercury
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Carter urged to blend humility with vigor in new team
A Washington opinion piece argues the Carter administration must avoid arrogance seen in Kennedy era appointees. It praises Vance and Schultze as models of quiet competence, urging Brzezinski Sorensen and others to adopt measured, unglamorous leadership to gain trust and govern effectively.
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Carter
Defense
Pentagon
Cyrus Vance
Charles Schultze
Vance
Schultze
Entebbe
Fame
Fox
Elizabeth Ray
Wayne Hays
John F. Kennedy
Sam Bergland
Robert
Jordan Tops of 1976 Winners
A satirical roll of honors naming public figures and institutions for 1976, highlighting Nixon, Brzezinski, Ramses II, and Carter era contrasts. It mocks political rhetoric with humorous awards such as the Traveling Male Chauvinist Pig and the Idi Amin emperorship nod, ending with Farrah Fawcett-Majors’s fame as a critique.
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Emmy
Tony
Richard M. Nixon
Hamilton Jordan
Carter
Cyrus Vance
Zargniew Brzezinski
Albert Schweitzer
Ramses II
Cairo
Paris
General Electric Company
Supreme Court
Feud Looms Over Labor Post Clash With Carter
Washington insiders foresee a long political feud between AFL-CIO leader George Meany and President-elect Jimmy Carter over the labor secretary nomination. Meany backed Harvard professor John Dunlop, while Carter favored Ray Marshall of Texas and held firm against Dunlop. Carter signaled independence by circulating other names and stressing future White House labor policy.
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Jimmy Carter
George Meany
U.S
Herbert Hoover
Meany
Afl-Cio
Harvard
John Dunlop
Carter
Labor
Prof. Dunlop
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Ray Marshall
Juanita Kreps
Lane H Kirkland
Gov. Carter
Hamilton Jordan
Top Plains
Kirkland
F. Ray Marshall
University of Texas At Austin
Prof. Marshall
the American Federationist
U. S
Jong
Plains
Prof
Dunlop
Say
Charles Kitbe
Tong
Long
Carter Camp
Kirbo
Harvard Dunlop
Marshall
Scoop Jackson
Fritz Mondale
White House
Bellwether
Teamsters
Fitz Fitzsimmons
Brock Adams
Labor Department
Charlie Kirbo
Carter Soret
University of Texas At Ustia
Grandpoppy and the Boss Debate Side Interests
A quirky discussion contrasts how Grandpoppy treats the boss's outside interests as avocations with how the vice president ignores time activities. The foreman is labeled as having hobbies if done by you, but merely fowling around otherwise.
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United Press International
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Mississippi
John L. McClellan
Arkansas
By Jack Anderson
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Eadnot End Tybhicher Manuping Boner
Feder
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Millet
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Dark Waser
George Miler
Acu
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Sun
Dunagin
By Charles Bartlett
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Bay of Pigs
Theodore Sorensen
CIA
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Sorensen
Brzezinski
James Schlesinger
Gerald Ford
Kia Kong
Jordan
Joan Beck
P. T. Barnum
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Idi Amin
Abraham Beame
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Joseph Sharp
Theodore Sorenson
Randolph Hearst
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Robert Frost
Christo
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Louis Pasteur
U.S. Center For Disease Control
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Marilyn Monroe
Farrah Fawcett-Majors
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John Dumiop
By Victor Riesel
Labor Movement
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