Word: abe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have. The Berkowitz bandwagon had, of course, begun early, even before his capture, with the sale of Son of Sam T-shirts bearing the latest police sketches of the unknown ".44-caliber killer." Still, it was not until after his arrest that the salesmanship began in earnest. Then-Mayor Abe Beame, faced with a tough primary fight, used the arrest to try to peddle his floundering law-and-order re-election campaign; although he failed, the election finally went to another to another candidate who played to the lingering public panic with repeated calls for the re-instatement...
Speaking from the standpoint of a Jew, I can only say after reading about Abe Ribicoff's fight for Carter's Middle East plane package: With Jews like him, who needs anti-Semites...
...Carter has grappled with his problems during the past weeks, there have been hints that strong men like Brzezinski, even without willing it, expanded their influence to fill the vacuums created by the President's hesitations. In some cases, Carter benefited. Senators Howard Baker and Abe Ribicoff seized the initiative on the plane sales to the Middle East. Congressmen Tom Foley and James Jones moved out ahead of the White House to get something going on wheat prices and the jammed-up tax bill...
Professor Emeritus Erik H. Erikson will nab one of the precious parchments. Abe Beame and John Havlicek have both declined the honor this time around...
Wolfson's luck with the law ran out in the 1960s. Tried two times on securities-related charges, he spent nine unpleasant months in a Florida federal prison. It was during his jail term that Wolfson attained perhaps his greatest notoriety: Abe Fortas resigned from the Supreme Court in 1969 after admitting that he had concealed the fact that he was receiving $20,000 a year for giving unspecified help to the Wolfson family foundation...