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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Reporters admire the way Carter frankly admits it when he either does not know something or simply does not want to answer a question. They also appreciate his guarded guidance when they are on the right track but he cannot officially elaborate. "Read your own work," he may say, or "I don't have any trouble with that." Says Carter's boss, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance: "Hodding performs one of the most difficult tasks in Government with mastery. In Hodding's job the difference between the right word and the almost right word, as Mark Twain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: A Diplomat on the Podium | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...reassuring squeeze of the hand, and at least 100 write her letters every week. Says Mary Jo Meade of Conway, Ark., editor of the Log Cabin Democrat's Weekender magazine: "She usually hits to the core of things, and folks just eat it alive. They say, 'All right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Private Affairs | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...lost a close race [in the 200 free] earlier in the meet and didn't want that to happen again so I broke out and tried to get away right after the 100," the Ramsey, N.J., native said yesterday...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Aquamen Conquer West Point | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...first of the Brown attempts that did sneak past Williams came late in the first period when Bruin center Stephanie Sanders flicked a rebound into the net. Just 38 seconds into Act II, right wing Pam Boone capitalized on another rebound opportunity and then notched the third Brown goal at the end of period three on a quick wristshot...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Bruins Blank Icewomen, 3-0, Overshadowing Crimson Hustle | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...Mannix returned to his Texas game shooting form, hitting assorted bombs from the perimeter for a season-high 16 points. His finest moment, however, came with 3:25 left in the second overtime, when he drove the right baseline and sunk a left-handed five-footer to keep the Crimson within...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Cagers Tumble in Double OT | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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