Word: almanacs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hour days and that when he arrives at an event, the band strike up the Michigan fight song rather than a more pompous ceremonial fanfare. He travels light. His airborne office is bare except for a Bible, a Congressional Directory and the World Almanac...
...imperative that Chairman Rodino and his committee see through this gold-lettered, black-bound version of "Poor Richard's Almanac" and pursue all forms of necessary evidence, especially the tapes...
...think Ford has forsaken this goal. As recently as last year, he played an essential role in railroading Republican support for funds for the bombing of Cambodia; when Congress finally voted to stop the bombing, it was almost exclusively with Democratic votes. "Ford may be a plodder," the 1974 Almanac of American Politics noted, citing the votes on Cambodia, "but he is nevertheless an effective, competent minority leader." After his appointment as vice president, Ford continued to defend his record on civil rights (citing his support for the Philadelphia Plan to hire more blacks as a partial counterbalance...
Grant M. Ujifusa '64 is an expert on the Congress. As co-author of "The Almanac of American Politics" he has spent years studying election returns, voting records, ideological trends, and congressional personalities...
There was a time when Poor Richard's Almanac was strictly for children. No longer. The apostle of thrift now seems the right philosopher for modern America. One can almost see Ben peering over his bifocals and croaking, "I told...