Balancing act helps reform chances in '84
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- Garn's good-bye. // Aviation Week & Space Technology;10/12/1992, Vol. 137 Issue 15, p19
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- A man of principle. // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;5/20/96, Vol. 23 Issue 23, p15
Recounts a bizarre exchange between Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader and Senator Jake Garn during a 1979 hearing into the Chrysler bailout. Nader infuriating Garn by interjecting into the hearing the fact that Garn's wife was killed in an automobile accident, an accident that...
- `Time for modernization' // Insurance Advocate;01/31/98, Vol. 109 Issue 5, p1
Calls for adopting H.R.10 approaches to eliminate `outdated' restrictions and marketplace changes in the American banking system. Evidence that the American banking system is as strong as ever; Ways to address problems in the banking system; Role which banks play in America's savings and credit...
- Teacher in orbit. // Aviation Week & Space Technology;12/3/84, Vol. 121 Issue 24, p21
The NASA decision on which space shuttle missions will fly U.S. Sen. Jake Garn (Utah) and a teacher will be made following realignment of the shuttle program schedule caused by Challenger tile problems. Garn and the teacher will be the 12th and 13th individuals brought into the shuttle payload...
- Controversy Over The Carter Administration Approach To National Energy Policy: CON. Garn, Jake // Congressional Digest;Aug/Sep78, Vol. 57 Issue 8/9, p205
Presents a speech by Utah senator Jake Garn, given before the Senate, dealing with the national energy policy of president Jimmy Carter. Importance of cutting the rate of energy growth; Need to explore different alternative energy sources.
- Early State Banks in the United States: How Many Were There and When Did They Exist? Weber, Warren E. // Quarterly Review (02715287);Sep2006, Vol. 30 Issue 1, preceding p28
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- The Transformation of the U.S. Banking Industry: What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been. Berger, Allen N.; Kashyap, Anil K.; Scalise, Joseph M. // Brookings Papers on Economic Activity;1995, Issue 2, p55
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