Word: collaring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Buckley's 31 per cent. Sid Gardner, who manages John Anderson's campaign in Connecticut, predicts a decisive win for Dodd. Buckley, Gardner observes, "has had some difficulty shaking his staunch conservative image." With this reputation gone unchallenged, Buckley will have little chance at rallying those pivotal blue-collar Independent votes...
...although there was a slight trend toward the President. In Illinois, a Chicago Tribune poll showed that Carter had taken a lead over Reagan (34% to 29%, with Anderson at 12.5% and a vital 17.5% undecided). In Ohio, labor leaders seemed to be having some success in persuading blue-collar workers to support Carter; a New York Times-CBS poll showed the President within 2% of Reagan...
...favor. With some justification, Reagan aides claimed they were gaining on the President in his native South. They were optimistic about Florida and Texas, and felt they might beat the President in Virginia, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky and South Carolina. The reason: Reagan's apparent strength among blue-collar whites...
RHODE ISLAND. In 1974, Vincent ("Buddy") Cianci Jr. surprised the political experts by winning election as mayor of blue-collar, heavily Democratic Providence, R.I. Now, after six years in which he presided over the city's downtown renaissance, Cianci, 39, is engaged in another uphill battle. In one of the nation's most raucous gubernatorial contests, he is running against popular two-term Democratic Governor J. Joseph Garrahy...
...baby comes, start checking for bias. "Describe a day in the life of your child at age five, age twenty-five. Does gender affect your imaginings?" Later, beware of furniture that talks. Television's lesson that Mother is to blame for the ring around Father's collar may overwhelm the example of a real-life father's dutiful diaper changing. To find out how your children perceive you, ask them to role-play being you. Watching your children act out "the living room is a mess and company is coming-what happens?" can provide hours of family...