Word: attraction
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KENNEDY's record, in fact, is as significant as his ability to mobilize workers, raise funds, and attract votes. He is the one politician of national stature who can make a convincing case to black Americans that he will fight for them in the White House. He has been active in condemning pervasive racism, demanding massive federal income redistribution programs, and encouraging private investment in the ghettoes. If there is hope for a non-revolutionary solution to the mushrooming black bitterness in America, it lies with Kennedy...
Robert Kennedy, in contrast can be most effective where President Johnson is most solidly entrenched. His electoral potency, though considerable, is a known quantity. Just as his name and image will immediately attract a substantial number of voters, so they will turn off a substantial number, and so they will obscure the issues he would presumably try to bring before his Party...
...ROTC cadets planning to enter active service after graduation, as well as $40-$50 monthly allowances to all cadets in the advanced program. It also allows students to enlist in ROTC as late as their junior year of college. Supporters of this change argued that ROTC units would attract more potential career officers if students could defer their decision until after their second year...
...word statement to reporters when he arrived in the capital. Perhaps because of the relief he felt after a long ordeal, he performed more gracefully than he had on most occasions during his 102 days of declared candidacy and during the earlier buildup. He candidly admitted failure to attract the support he needed, blamed no one for his troubles. He timed his announcement when he did, he said, because the Republican Governors were not scheduled to meet again until June and "it is desirable that they be able to act now or make plans to do so" on the question...
President Johnson, however, has demonstrated ample talent for solving such a problem. The coach of the most unsuccessful cause in American history, he has still managed to attract 500,000 men to his team. And they're good men, outscoring the enemy, 3000-400, last week. Admittedly the President has been shown to be a little weak on defensive fundamentals -- he has trouble protecting his own baskets -- but he has some devastating offensive weapons...