Word: concernedly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...followers? In addition to his choice of Maryland's inept Governor Spiro Agnew as his running mate, it was probably his closed, negative campaign. That, and a personality that has simply never come close to captivating the U.S. voter. Nixon was so far in front that his overriding concern was to avoid a serious error-hardly the sort of strategy designed to fire imaginations. But it can also be argued that the Democrats-the majority party-were bound to recover from their low point, and that Nixon had to play it safe. His aides certainly take this view. They...
...sure sign of concern was a massive last-minute surge of Republican advertising. Nixon's managers had planned all along to spend $10 million to boost their man, 70% of it on television. When Humphrey began gaining with alarming rapidity, the budget was increased to $12 million, including an additional $1,700,000 earmarked for TV. Extra 60-second spots were booked on programs in 15 states, including the eight so-called "battleground states" that account for 227 of the 270 electoral votes needed for victory-California, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas. In a final...
...first blow in his opening statement. The Mail, he declared, had gone "well beyond what most newspapers would have considered adequate" in checking its facts. Not to have published the stories, he said, "would have been a dereliction of duty, a suppression of a matter of vital public concern." Fulfilling that duty could now cost Gandar and Pogrund, if they are convicted, a year in prison on each of two counts...
...their own cause, they split into small groups, and their organizational meetings degenerated into bickering over goals and tactics. The rebels might have been able to marshal more support if they had faced an unreceptive administration. But Heyns readily agreed to meet with the protesters and expressed his concern about the regents' anti-Cleaver decision-although he also warned that he would not tolerate any campus disorder...
...Similar concern was expressed by committee member Alan Heimert, Master of Eliot House...