Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Big Boys...
They see films like Annie and the Old One, in which a Navajo girl learns to accept-big word-her grandmother's dying...
...started as if it were nothing. Just two red buses; maybe 150 people. They got out and started milling around the big iron gates. They chanted anti-Carter slogans, threw a few rocks over the red brick wall, got back in the buses and drove away. End of demo. I was headed for the cafeteria, and Embassy Political Officer Herb Hagerty called out, "Save me a seat, I'll be right there." He never made it. It was a few minutes later, about 1p.m., that the buses returned, this time six of them. They were crammed with people, both...
...miles in 38 states, an effort that has brought him no higher than fourth in nationwide public opinion polls among Republicans. But in the past few weeks George Herbert Walker Bush has managed to shorten the odds considerably. The Republican field of ten candidates has plainly divided into the big four and the minor six. Bush is firmly part of that top rank, along with Ronald Reagan, still the front runner, John Connally and Howard Baker...
...Bush band next door. Baggy-eyed and drawn, Connally sat in his suite in a beige chair as the time for balloting approached. Someone mentioned the morning line from Vegas, and Connally quickly wanted to know the odds. "Eleven to ten, Reagan. Take your pick," was the reply. The big man stretched and grinned with satisfaction...