Word: artfully
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Connally's fate as a candidate will rest chiefly on whether Republicans are captivated by his energetic style, "presidential" personality and way with words. Whatever else, the politicking in Washington last week showed that both Connally and Reagan hold an imposing edge over Jimmy Carter in the art of making a political speech...
Typically, he was working on a book about his modern art collection when he was stricken by a heart attack in his office in mid-Manhattan last Friday night. He died immediately. He was 70, but he seemed much younger...
...while he worked for Rockefeller Center in Manhattan and gained attention for recognizing the A.F.L. as the bargaining agent for center employees. Labor never forgot, and many unions later supported him in his campaigns for Governor. But there were limits to his liberalism. Indulging his passion for modern art, he commissioned the well-known Communist Artist Diego Rivera to paint a mural for the center. When a likeness of Lenin began to emerge on the wall, Rockefeller hastily sacked Rivera and destroyed the offending mural. It was replaced by a more appropriate work, featuring Abe Lincoln and Thomas Edison...
DIED. Nelson A. Rockefeller, 70, millionaire, art collector and four-term Governor of New York who failed three times to win the Republican nomination for President but finally, in 1974, was appointed to the second spot; of a heart attack; in Manhattan (see NATION...
...line scoring high held by the Boston Bruins' Phil Esposito, Wayne Cashman and Ken Hodge (336 points). The Islanders hope their big three will provide enough muscle to pry the Stanley Cup away from the Canadiens. With a goaltender's fine appreciation of the scorer's art, the Islanders' Glenn Resch sums up his teammates: "You couldn't draft a bigger, stronger left wing than Gillies. Trottier always slips through like Earl Campbell. Bossy can put the puck in the net on every good chance. He and Trottier have that psychic thing between them that...