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This maneuvering threatened to backfire when it became known. At least one treaty backer, Oregon Republican Bob Packwood, said he was disgusted with such tactics. The presidency would be damaged, said Packwood, if the "public thinks that the treaties were bought." Senator Paul Laxalt, a Nevada Republican and a leader of the antitreaty forces, complained that his side did not have comparable inducements to offer uncommitted Senators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Carter Wins on Panama | 3/27/1978 | See Source »

...pressure on holdouts, the National Organization for Women since February 1977 has been urging supporters to hold conventions and other meetings only in states that have approved the amendment. But the boycott has produced no new votes for the ERA and is being challenged in court by Missouri and Nevada as an illegal restraint of trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: ERA Troubles | 3/27/1978 | See Source »

...Justice Department's second-ranking official. No one on the committee has raised serious doubts about his fitness for the job. But the G.O.P. members have been holding the nomination hostage while they take political pot shots at the Administration. "We're all political animals," admits Nevada Republican Paul Laxalt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Civiletti: A G.O.P. Hostage | 3/20/1978 | See Source »

What is the state flower of Nevada...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: So You Think Hourlies Are Tough? | 3/17/1978 | See Source »

...state flower of Nevada is the sagebrush...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: So You Think Hourlies Are Tough? | 3/17/1978 | See Source »

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