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Washington Post, The (DC) - August 1, 1977
Oh, Give Me a Home, Where the Chair's Left Alone |
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Furniture moving is a part of everyone's lift at one time or another, but no one has to like it."Don't you think that chair would look better over there?" are words that can cut through the quiet of a living room, destroying a Sunday afternoon.The defense, of course, from the reluctant partner in furniture moving has to be, "I really think it looks nice where it is."A psychology professor who worked his way...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 28, 1977
The Private War of Robert Smith: One Man's Journal |
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Joe Eaton was astounded. He had learned he was being investigated by Internal Revenue's special spying program in Florida and couldn't see his own life.On appeal, Eaton got the file and found out that the reason he was suspect was that a youth being tried for drug violations had been carrying a slip of paper with Joe Eaton's name in his wallet.Eaton is a judge in U.S. District Court in Miami. The young man was one of 5,000 people who had appeared...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 5, 1977
MILLER |
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Andrew Pickens Miller grew up on a 70-acre farm in suburban Washington. His father, a State Department lawyer, was something of a rebel and the man who mounted the first serious challenge to Virginia's entrenched Byrd organization.His mother was a Washington correspondent for the London Economist whose houseguests included progressive Henry V. Wallace and theologian Reinhold Niebuhr.By birthright there are those who argue that Miller, currently seeking the Democratic...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 27, 1977
Carter: '. . . the Duty to Say No When Spending is Excessive' |
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Following is an excerpted text of President Carter's news conference: The President: I have a brief statement to make and then I will respond to questions.I think that in this first four months in cooperation between Congress and the President has been very good. We have had a productive session so far. We have, however, one potential problem that is evolving that causes me some concern. There is a high degree of fiscal budget deficit that has been a problem for many...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 22, 1977
Conditions for IMF's Loans Increasing Its Political Role |
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The International Monetary Fund is being pulled deeply into the quagmire of domestic politics in Southern Europe's most financially troubled nations.Critics of the fund's actions as threatening human rights and the survival of some democratic goverments in the region.But West Germany's orthodox financial managers see the fund's rules good economic conducts as the only salvation for their cash-strapped southern neighbors. Bonn...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 22, 1977
Tapestries in the Bauhaus Tradition |
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OFF-WHITE, SOFT, natural wool rugs, a sensation in the Ludwig Mies van der Rohe/Lilly Reich early modern interiors of the '20s and '80s, were first made by Alen Mueller-Hellwig, a patrician of Luebeck, Germany whose work is now on display at the Textile Museum 2320 S St. NW.Lilo Markrich, a writer of books on the textile arts and director of the crafts gallery at the museum, mounted the show marking the 50th anniversary of Mueller-Hellwig's Werkstatt...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - April 28, 1977
Poor Nations Seek Quota Boost, Other Help at IMF Meeting |
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Finance ministers of less affluent nations, here for a series of international financial meetings, yesterday adopted a 13-point "laundry list" of demands for help from richer nations, most of which are likely to be rebuffed.A 14th suggestion, a request for aid in " the promotion and placement of bond issues by developing countries," was dropped out of a final communique.The various aid demands were put forward by the Group of 24,...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - April 24, 1977
Stamps periodical publishers and editors, and sev |
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Stamps periodical publishers and editors, and several newspaper philatelic columnists, have been invited to a conference Thursday and Friday in State College, Pa. The two-day affair will be hosted by the American Philatelic Society.One announcement expected is that the American Philatelic Society will cooperate with the United States Postal Service's program developing stamp clubs in schools.The Benjamin Franklin Stamp Club reportedly has 66,000 active members already, and...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - April 17, 1977
A-Lot-of-House: Tours to Tempt the Imagination |
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AROUND 1900, in Cleveland Park and Chevy Chase, great big expansive houses were built to hold families with lots of money, lots of children and lots of servants. None of us have as much of any of the three as we used to, but the houses are still among the pleasantest in town. In recent years, most of the houses have been remodeled to bring in modern ideas about light and air. Several will be on display in two house tours next weekend.The Chevy Chase Village House Tour and Tea from 11:30...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - April 5, 1977
The Saudi government has black-listed Britain's B |
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The Saudi government has black-listed Britain's Barclay's Bank because of its 50 per cent share in the [LINE ILLEGIBLE] reported yesterday. ...
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