Word: buchananism
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...long tradition claims that the voters want a close look at every prospective First Family, and that they want any such family to be very familial indeed. No divorced man has ever been elected President, and except for Warren Harding, there has not been a childless President since James Buchanan (1857-61), who was also the only President to remain a lifelong bachelor...
...before the upset of the decade, the season had proceeded glumly. Injured quarterbacks--St. John, Mike Buchanan, Mike Smerczynski--deprived Harvard of any offensive continuity, and offensive troubles led to the team's disastrous six-game losing streak, its worst since...
...chosen to watch CBS over ABC. But as politicians know, it's not simply the margin of victory that counts, but also the psychological advantage of momentum. "What matters is that CBS came from behind, and it's now ABC that must battle the champ," says Robert Buchanan, executive vice president of the J. Walter Thompson agency. "This season was like the 1976 Olympic marathon. The first-and second-place runners were separated by less than a minute after running more than two hours. You can't really say which one is the better runner. But whom...
...oldest previously elected Presidents and their ages when inaugurated: William Henry Harrison, 68; James Buchanan, 65; Zachary Taylor, 64; Dwight Eisenhower, 62; Andrew Jackson, 61; John Adams...
...that Carter ever escapes press criticism. He has permanent antagonists among such deep-think columnists as Joseph Kraft and George F. Will (who believes Carter "may be the most dangerous President since James Buchanan"). To them, whatever Carter does in foreign policy is apt to be wrong, or if right, too late, or in any case erratic...