Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though the odds against him are long, Rocky's total effort cannot be ignored. His plan for military disengagement in Viet Nam is the most detailed put forward by any of the candidates. He is injecting excitement into the campaign and showing that a Republican presidential candidate can appeal in the ghettos. He has given his party its only viable alternative to Nixon since George Romney dropped out last February. Still, Nixon may be right when he cracks that the Governor's drive has developed "too much, too late...
Nixon is still capable of little bloopers. He was too quick, for instance, to criticize Abe Fortas' appointment as Chief Justice. Nixon, who won fewer than 1% of the Jewish votes in a recent Michigan survey (v. 20% for Rocky), thereby threatened to sap his appeal to that group even further. His attempts at small talk fall flat. On a Portland television program, he told listeners his secret for staying trim. "I eat proteins," he said. "I eat a lot of cheese. Cottage cheese. I eat cottage cheese until it runs out my ears. And one thing I do that...
Although it will probably be months until he faces trial before Memphis Judge W. Preston Battle, a tough, independent-minded jurist, Ray seemed almost in a hurry to return to the U.S. Abandoning his effort to appeal a British extradition order that seemed doomed to failure anyway, he was spirited by night from grimy Wandsworth prison to Lakenheath Air Base 76 miles from London for his nonstop flight to Memphis...
...Image. Aware that today's kids consider the Communist Party rigid and conservative, staffers are trying to broaden the paper's appeal. Hence, the name change from Worker to World. "The term Worker was too exclusive," says Executive Editor Simon Gerson, who has been with the paper since 1931. "We want to reach students and white-collar workers as well." Though the Communist Party is the chief backer, the World has picked up support from sympathizers who, even if they reject Communism, share its opposition to racial inequality and the war in Viet...
...earnings that, at $9.3 million, were 8% above last year's quarter. Significantly, for a company that pulls in 55% of its profits abroad, most of the current, increase was earned at home, where massively advertised new products such as Ultra Brite toothpaste ("gives your mouth sex appeal") have been shining successes...