Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Udall is justifiably proud of that statement. He is at his best when answering questions about his stand on just about anything. In contrast to Jimmy Carter, whose blinding smile and "Hi--I'm Jimmy Carter," introduction have made him an effective personal campaigner, Udall stands woodenly, smiles slightly, shakes hands perfunctorily, and says merely, "Hello, nice to see you," and then lumbers...
...Udall's constituency is made up of the kind of people who like to read about "the issues," and who like to have their questions about the safety of Red Dye No. 2 answered--middle- and upper middle-class liberals. Again, there is in Udall's campaign a sharp contrast with Jimmy Carter, who said last week that he would not detail many of his positions until after he received the nomination. That strategy may seem incredible to Udall's issueoriented liberals in Massachusetts, but Carter is sure it will help him to come out on top in New York...
...Yankelovich, Skelly and White, 1,002 Americans were asked if they found Humphrey acceptable as a candidate, regardless of their first choice for President. Only 40% of the sample said they did; a walloping 46% found him unacceptable, probably a reflection that he has been around too long. By contrast, President Ford was acceptable to 58% and unacceptable to only 36%, and Ronald Reagan also had a favorable rating, 45% to 35%. The Democrat with the most favorable rating was Edward Kennedy: 47% found him acceptable, 42% unacceptable...
...refreshing contrast, Phillips Petroleum agreed, in a court-approved settlement of stockholder lawsuits, to give outside directors 60% of the seats on an expanded board (they fill nine of 17 seats now) and empower them with responsibility for preventing a recurrence of past misdeeds. One charge contained in the settlement documents: Richard Nixon in 1968 "personally" received an illegal $50,000 campaign contribution from Phillips in his Fifth Avenue apartment in Manhattan...
...mining coal and then simply abandoning the ravaged land. Nowadays, the record is far better; by spending between $600 and $6,500 an acre, mining companies have restored some land in the Midwest and Pennsylvania so well that no one would suspect that the acreage had been stripped. In contrast with those areas, which are well watered, much of the West's coal lands get less than 10 inches of rainfall a year. Experts from the National Academy of Sciences doubt that fragile desert vegetation will regrow on such dry earth after it has been disturbed by mining...