Word: dodds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sedate college seminar than a campaign for the U.S. Senate-a refreshing antidote to the bitterly personal presidential contest. Running for the seat being vacated by Connecticut Democrat Abraham Ribicoff, who is retiring after 18 years, are two candidates who offer a sharp ideological choice. Liberal Democrat Christopher Dodd, 36, a popular three-term Congressman, calls for more effective Government rather than less of it. His conservative G.O.P. opponent, former New York Senator James Buckley, 57, wants a much reduced federal presence in Americans' lives. Says moderate Republican Sid Gardner, who heads John Anderson's campaign...
...state where Democrats and independents outnumber Republicans by more than 2 to 1. Dodd seems to have a comfortable lead. He is an ebullient, back-slapping campaigner and the Democrats' sentimental favorite. His father, Thomas Dodd, served in the Senate for twelve years, until he failed to win renomination after being censured for misuse of campaign funds. Buckley, a restrained, somewhat stiff campaigner, lives in the family home in Sharon, Conn., but he is regarded by many voters as a carpetbagger because he served as New York's Senator from 1971-77. Henry Kissinger and George Bush joined...