Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bellotti, a former lieutenant governor (under Foster Furcolo) and narrowly-defeated Democratic nominee for governor in 1964, has spent thousands on media advertisements that are carefully written to avoid concrete issues and to concentrate on Bellotti's personal image. With great name recognition throughout the state and a wide lead, substantive debate on issues can only hurt Bellotti and aid his challenger. Bellotti has consistently refused to debate Weld. In the meantime, Weld travels around the state hammering on the issue of political corruption and trying to slow the momentum of Bellotti's long career in Massachusetts politics. Weld...
...cloud of alleged corruption that is now hovering over Bellotti carries a tragic irony. Bellotti, in his 1964 narrow loss to former Governor John A. Volpe, was the victim of vicious and apparently false innuendos concerning his ties to the underworld. The defeat for governor, which came when Bellotti was only 41 years old, marked the turning point of a meteoric rise to power in Massachusetts politics...
...rubber, jute, cotton, bauxite, coffee, cocoa, tea, sugar. Instant communications-TV and transistor radios-spread the message of the good life. People in Timbuktu no less than in Toledo demanded more-more than society could reasonably produce. Communication, education and sophistication enabled the world in the 1970s to virtually defeat smallpox-and helped make just about every country fall victim to inflation...
...doubts that Butcher, 42, can put money into motion. He spent more than $2.5 million to win the primary, and will probably spend at least that much this fall to defeat his Republican rival, former Nixon Aide Lamar Alexander...
...ways of manipulating money supply other than raising interest rates; it can, for example, pull money out of the banking system by selling Government securities. But heavy loan demands defeat the best-laid plans and cause both interest rates and the money supply to rise. So it is a destructive cycle: people borrow to stay ahead of inflation, and vigorous borrowing feeds inflation. So all economic troubles now come back to inflation-a great evil in itself and the main force that is driving down the dollar and the stock market, forcing up interest rates, frightening consumers and threatening recession...