Word: beare
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...campaign swing through the South, President Ford turned up one day with Alabama Football Coach Paul ("Bear") Bryant at his side. While a crowd watched and TV cameras whirred, Bryant smiled benevolently, reached over and patted the President on the head. "That was worth 100,000 votes in football-crazy Mississippi," said a happy Ford aide later...
...differences between Carter and Ford, while striking, bear only moderate resemblance to the chasm between the vice-presidential nominees, Sen. Robert J. Dole (R.-Kans.) and Sen. Walter F. Mondale (D.-Minn.). As his performance in the televised mid-October debate indicates, Dole offers the American people a return to the black days of Nixon and Agnew, to an era of acerbic, divisive diatribes that alienate the young and disadvantaged. Mondale promises instead to be a powerful champion of social justice. The vice-presidential choice is itself vital enough to determine the choice between the Democratic and Republican tickets...
...humane care for Vietnamese refugees. He has long been a driving force for comprehensive health care insurance, which may finally be adopted under a new Democratic administration. This summer, he fought tirelessly in committee rooms and on the Senate floor to eliminate tax loopholes, an effort which may also bear fruit in the next session of Congress. For acts of progressive leadership and for his liberal voting record, Kennedy deserves strong support...
...bear of very little brain, Win-nie-the-Pooh has displayed remarkable staying power since his creation in 1926 by Author A.A. Milne and Illustrator Ernest H. Shepard. The classic children's books about Pooh's adventures have been translated into 22 languages and inspired million-dollar businesses in posters, party favors and other products. But one who did not celebrate Pooh's 50th birthday last week was Christopher Robin Milne, 56, the author's son, whose 1974 autobiography, The Enchanted Places, described the trials of growing up in the shadow of a Teddy bear. "Pooh...
...athletic department provides the teams with equipment. The helmets were once used by the Harvard varsity, and a few still carry a visible "H." Others bear the "K" of Kirkland and the "E" of Eliot, letters made of heavy tape. To have real helmets of their own, with the "K" painted on, is the special dream of Kirkland. Undefeated last year, Kirkland was touted by many to be a better team than Ivy-doormat Cornell...