Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Muskie described it, Humphrey will hit "the big spots" during the campaign and he will "fill in the other territory." Said the former Governor, a Polish Catholic who nonetheless has the craggy, crinkly features of a down-Easter: "They say that because of my ethnic background I'm supposed to do well in the cities. However, it seems to me that because of my appearance I might expect to do very well in the rural areas...
...serious worry, Nixon's main course for nervousness was what politicians are now calling "the Wallace factor." While Nixonites say optimistically that Wallace's strength will soon ebb (see following story), they are coppering their bets, talking less now about a "Southern strategy" and more about a "big-state strategy." Even if Wallace does take Southern states that the Republicans had hitherto counted on, they reason, Nixon can still win handily by capturing just a couple of the big states he lost...
...Nixon would sail past the magic number of 270 electoral votes. With that in mind, the G.O.P. planners are thinking of concentrating most of their candidate's energies on only ten of the most populous states. His schedule will be keyed to the evening TV newscasts, and most big events will take place no later than early afternoon, so that the networks will have time to develop their film and write their scripts...
...those fears have not been realized. Last week, as millions of youngsters left the ghetto streets to return to school, the usual riot season more or less ended. During the summer there have been no disorders as big or bad as the holocausts that gutted Watts, Newark or Detroit in previous years. The U.S. had 286 racial disturbances from May through the end of August, but most were relatively small and short. Though practically any city could still blow, the summer of 1968 now ranks as the most tranquil since...
...Boston, Washington, Los Angeles and many other cities, ghetto community groups have opened black-run shops and factories, with big white-run companies providing the capital, training or markets. Significantly, both presidential candidates have pledged major Government help for this movement. Nixon began promoting the cause of "Black Capitalism," and Humphrey called for "Black Entrepreneurship...