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...these horses are no further removed than Whirlaway. To say that Whirlaway is the only notable name in Forego's pedigree is to do grave injustice to Mrs. Gerry's achievement in breeding him. Moreover, having Whirlaway in a pedigree is at best a dubious asset, since he was a failure at stud...
President Ford moved swiftly to pledge his continued faith in the beleaguered Secretary. After receiving a phone call from campaign headquarters, Morton backtracked and declared that Kissinger was "an asset, not a liability" in the President's effort to win the nomination. Speaking in Wisconsin, Ford declared: "I would like Secretary Kissinger to be Secretary as long as I am President, and I can't expand on that." The morning after his primary victory in Wisconsin, the President went out of his way to share the psychological spoils with Kissinger. Said he: "I thought that the results certainly...
...greatest asset, on the other hand, and the factor that singularly influences the President's high standing, is the continuing increase in the nation's optimism. The national mood and confidence in the future are still moving upward. The social-resentment indicator, which measures the alienation and anger of the public because values are changing too fast, is moving sharply down. And for the first time in more than two years, one out of two people now feels that things are going well in the country...
...member Riverbend group seeks to "make people aware of Cambridge's greatest asset, right at our doorsteps--the Charles River," Isabella Halsted, its executive secretary, said yesterday...
...next few months Rocky will try to flash into the public eye, making many "noncampaign" speeches on subjects ranging from federalism to the future of science, as well as traveling abroad as a Bicentennial good-will ambassador. His prospects seem close to zero, but he has one asset: the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on campaign spending removed all limits on the amount of personal cash a candidate may spend as long as he accepts no federal matching funds...