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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...happen again." That contrite promise has become a kind of unofficial motto for Frank Moore, assistant to the President for congressional liaison. Repeatedly during the past year, he has had to apologize for failures on the part of the White House to consult, inform or massage the egos of the increasingly assertive men and women on Capitol Hill about something Jimmy Carter is doing or wants done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: How Much Less Is Moore? | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

...guidelines also state that any faculty members who have individual consulting arrangements with the CIA should report those arrangements to the dean of their faculty, who should inform the president of the University...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: Harvard: A Threat To Privacy | 12/3/1977 | See Source »

...defense fund has been formed by Wisconsin feminists to "inform the public of a woman's right to protect herself against physical and emotional attack." Though self-defense is still an adequate excuse for violence only in immediate, severe danger, now, notes New Jersey Lawyer Robert Ansell, "the cumulative effect of beatings on a woman's consciousness is often considered. A woman may well be allowed quicker resort to a weapon than a man." That worries some lawmen. Says Sheriff Lawrence Schmies of Waupaca: "I wonder if these people know what they're doing. If they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: A Killing Excuse | 11/28/1977 | See Source »

...Those rules forbade members to share markets or rig prices in France, South Africa, Australia, Canada and the U.S., in order to stay clear of local antitrust rules. But whenever a member company learned of a potential order from an outside country-Japan, say, or Spain-it had to inform the secretariat. The cartel would then select a member to bid at a price it had set; to preserve appearances, another member would be chosen to bid at a higher price sure to be rejected. The cartel also imposed penalties on members. On one occasion, it ordered Gulfs Canadian subsidiary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: The Uranium Cartel's Fallout | 11/21/1977 | See Source »

Greenberg and representatives of the various student associations participating in the symposium met with Sacks last month to inform the dean of the coalition's activities during the week of Burger's scheduled appearance...

Author: By Joseph L. Contreras, | Title: Ames Contest Finds Another Justice | 11/16/1977 | See Source »

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