Word: branded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...figured wrongly. Republicans knew a political opening when they saw one. A few of them failed to vote against the linkage, enabling the bill to be reported out of committee. Explained an Administration energy official: "If the legislation goes to the White House in that form, the President can brand it partisan, irresponsible politics. Then he will veto it, and the Democrats will look very bad." Belatedly, many Democrats were beginning to realize their mistake. Conceded a Senate Democratic staffer: "We may have to eat some humble pie on this strategy...
...lethargy, quickly consolidated forces when the 1972 Brattle Street walk project apparently threatened their businesses. The Brattle pedestrian mall, a Cornelia Wheeler-backed project, closed off Brattle St. at Brattle Square to all but emergency traffic. The project lasted for six months until. Wheeler claims, Square retailers chose to brand the mall a scapegoat for slumping trade and successfully petitioned the council to scrap the measure...
Even if the rumors are true, we're going to have to be satisfied with just the records until next year. And they point out two things: Watergate has little entertainment value, and the American brand of accumulative history, according to which anything and everything is worth preserving, is flourishing...
...meantime, the nation's fourth automaker, American Motors Corp., is making an even bolder play to increase showroom traffic. Despite the dismal sales climate, A.M.C. is bringing out a brand-new car. Called the Pacer, the new entry is a two-door subcompact aimed primarily at the urban market...
...noonday sun--the sun decks outside the Mid-Vail ski lodge and the chairlift lines snaking at its base swelled during these hours. All those beautiful people, each with nearly $800 worth of ski equipment, straining and shoving to get a glimpse of the athletic president and wondering what brand of skis he would use and what color jacket he would wear...