Word: brands
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Although he gave few details, the President spoke glowingly of a "new and daring direction" for U.S. foreign aid that would include "a worldwide attack on the problems of hunger and disease and ignorance," specifically through the programs carrying unmistakable Johnson-brand names-the International Education Act and the International Health Act. The President estimated that it would cost $1 billion next year to internationalize the Great Society. Beyond that, he spoke strongly in favor of cutting tariff barriers and of expanding U.S. trade with Communist countries in Europe-even though such a stand will certainly meet powerful opposition...
...overall direction. He has brought scientific deliberation into the previously haphazard selection and development of major weapons, imposed stern economy measures while increasing fighting strength. He is reshaping the Army reserves and National Guard from an antiquated, flabby militia into a modern, lean strike force. He has exported his brand of innovation to NATO, helped give the alliance a more effective fighting force...
Buttons for Lyndon. Hatfield's brand of Republicanism is somewhat unorthodox. Long considered a comer by party elders, he nominated Richard Nixon at the 1960 Republican Convention, and was the keynoter at the 1964 convention. At a convention that refused to condemn extremism, he vigorously denounced the John Birch Society in his keynote address. After the convention, he lent his name-and one of his key aides-to the Goldwater campaign. And when Lyndon Johnson came campaigning, Hatfield greeted him warmly and presented him with a basket of L.B.J. buttons. At the Governors' conference last July, Hatfield...
...plot, characteristically Hawksian, tells of the rough-and-ready guys who race stock cars and their turned-on track followers who cry, cheer and deliver romantic ultimatums that any dewy-eyed dropout might treasure. Scene after scene, brand names-Ford, Omega, Honda, Revell, Firestone, Grey-Rock brake linings-are dragged in like spare parts, as if to guarantee the authenticity of all that happens between location shots of screeching wheels and fiery crashes. "That was a close one . . . oh-oh, there's another one!" cries the agitated track announcer, valiantly promoting the idea that death lurks at every curve...
...past two games, Coach Cooney Weiland has been using defensemen Bobby Clark and Kevin Burke as forwards on a brand-new third line. The defense now is handled by Bob Carr with Tag Demment, and Ben Smith with Gordon Price. Carr and Demment have played especially smooth and tough defense...