Word: collaring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hard to understand. Seen the Godfather? But Arizona gives it a twist. This is the land of swimming pools and cacti, and the O.K. Corral was 80 years ago. But Phoenix has grown in population almost 1300 per cent since 1950, it's a new center for white collar crime--the new "Florida" for criminals who bilk the public in shady land deals...
...face and his election would mean a change in Government. Said Gerald Levy, a college professor from Norfolk, Va.: "He's the sort of person who could run the Congress. He's not a party to the mess in Washington, scandals, Watergate." Added Opal Lafayette, a blue-collar Democrat from Flint, Mich.: "Carter knows what it is like to work, and we need somebody to understand the little...
Doubts About Ford. Many of Ford's supporters on the panel have doubts about him. One out of five of them questions whether he has leadership ability, and one out of ten questions whether he is smart enough for the job. Said Francis Lindgren, a white-collar worker from Wayland, Mich.: "I don't look at Ford as being a truly great leader. When he gives a speech, it sounds like it came out of a can." Added Bill Mills, a plant manager from Denison, Texas: "I don't think he is as smart as other Presidents...
...three panelists supporting Carter. Said Dorothy Duncan, a conservative Democrat from Salem, Va.: "Nixon should have been treated like any other man and gotten the punishment that any other man would have gotten." In addition, six out of ten Carter supporters shared the complaint of Isabelle Sullivan, a blue-collar Democrat from Geneva, N.Y., that "Ford does use his veto power so much-and not for the good of the country." But only one out of six Ford supporters has similar misgivings about the vetoes...
...cities above the Mason-Dixon line struggle with decay and impoverishment; Houston, Dallas and Atlanta are large-scale success stories. The tide of migration is reversing; the South is now receiving white-collar workers, middle management and an intellectual elite from the North...