Word: believingness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The champion courts recognition; the hustler flees it. Only one sport is so obscure yet so popular that an ace can play both roles simultaneously. The game is Ping Pong; the hustling ace is Marty Reisman. Even in the '50s, when Reisman held the U.S. singles and doubles titles...
Despite the prevailing scent of Republican disaster, Gerald Ford continued doggedly to pursue a wearying campaign schedule that will have taken him to 15 states by Election Day. Along the way, his speeches have become increasingly partisan, while his crowds have remained sparse and unenthusiastic. Even some Republican candidates have...
Bruised Knuckles. The Administration recognizes that the housing industry needs special help if it is to survive the crunch, and last week the White House began providing some. Ford signed into law the Brooke-Cranston bill, a measure that will pump $7.75 billion of federal funds into the sere U.S...
Nonetheless, Kissinger remains hopeful, believing that the industrial nations have already begun meeting the challenges of the energy crisis and have moved toward greater cooperation. "If we are strong and confident and work together, we can deal with what is ahead and rally people to do what has to be...
Rockefeller related how John D. Rockefeller Sr., his grandfather, helped found the forerunner of Standard Oil while still in his 20s and, believing that "Providence had made him a trustee of his fortune for the benefit of man," gave $550 million for philanthropy during his lifetime. The patriarch's...