Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT...
...proved groundless. More than 400,000 Democrats and independents apparently did jump into the more exciting Republican contest-but they voted overwhelmingly for Ford. Doing so, they also deprived Carter of much support he might have had. Why did they do it? At least one motive was explained by Detroit Public Relations Counselor James P. Chapman, who supports Carter but voted for Ford: "Reagan's right-wing aggressiveness scares the hell out of me. If he gets the nomination, there's always a chance he can be elected...
Brown gave the impression of being even more of an anti-Establishment candidate than Carter and was fuzzier on the issues. Because of endorsements from Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, Henry Ford II and officers of the United Auto Workers, Carter was converted from outsider to insider. As a Detroit citizen explained, "I voted for Udall because I was trying to vote out anybody who is in." In San Clemente, even Richard Nixon got into the anti-Carter act. When Carter's name was mentioned, the former President reacted by throwing his head back and hamming it up with...
...Olde Towne Team after the grounded Spaceman exited. New Yorkers, are like that, I guess, possessed with an urge to hero worship, but without the patience to develop tested team loyalty. (Another companion at the game, also a Big Apple native, confessed that his childhood adulation of the Detroit TIgers had ended completely when A1 Kaline retired...
Fisk provided the Sox with two insurance runs in the sixth inning, when he touched Detroit starter Dave Roberts (3-3) for a weak ground ball single up the middle, following a single by Rick Miller and a double by rightfielder Dwight Evans...