Word: colorado
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Politically, the prevailing opinion is that the choice will add verve and flair to the campaign. "The idea of that new ingredient, the mysterious factor of the female vote, makes Ferraro a high-risk, high-gain pick," asserted Democratic Governor Richard Lamm of Colorado. Republicans agree, in a kind of left-handed way. Colorado Republican Chairman Howard ("Bo") Callaway, once a campaign manager for Gerald Ford, called the selection of Ferraro "the first excitement, the first non-mush I've seen in Mondale's political career...
...cool rationalism of such an approach is well suited to its purveyors. Those who articulate it best-like Congressmen Richard Gephardt of Missouri and Timothy Wirth of Colorado and Senators Bill Bradley of New Jersey and Dodd of Connecticut-tend to share a generational outlook. They are the post-Viet Nam generation, liberal but nondogmatic...
...Washington legislators and regulators have done little besides watch the buyout binge. But pressures are building to curtail the deals. Colorado Democrat Timothy Wirth, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance, has announced that he will study the effects of buyouts on the availability of credit as -part of an investigation of takeover tactics. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker, in a letter made public by Wirth, warned that the buyouts may expose companies to financial difficulties. The Federal Reserve, however, has so far declined to restrict lending for buyouts. Volcker says that measures like credit...
...that statement seemed at least an unconscious reference to the No. 2 spot on this year's Democratic ticket, both men insisted that a vice-presidential nomination for Hart had not been discussed. Perhaps not, but Hart's advisers have become unanimous in their belief that the Colorado Senator should accept the position if offered . Hart flashed his wild card the next day when asked how he might choose his running mate. Answered Hart mischievously: "I can choose a woman, and I can announce my choice before the convention...
...runs. Last week the Supreme Court upheld their claim. Writing for a 7-to-2 majority, Justice John Paul Stevens found that however worthy the N.C.A.A. might be, it had violated the federal antitrust laws. Dissenting Justice Byron White, a former football All-America at the University of Colorado, argued that the TV plan was just one element in a larger N.C.A.A. structure designed to discourage the "professionalization" of intercollegiate sports. Stevens saw the action differently. Without the N.C.A.A. restrictions, many more games would be broadcast by local stations, he observed. "Individual competitors lose their freedom to compete. Price...