Word: doling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ford-Dole presidential ticket [Aug. 30] will be tough. Democrats should return to their battle stations. And Jimmy Carter should not ship his furniture or appoint his Cabinet...
...Thursday, Sept. 23, will be on domestic and economic issues. In their second encounter, Ford and Carter will chew over foreign policy and national defense, and the third will be open to any subject. Dates of those sessions have not been selected. Between the second and third meetings, Dole and Mondale will stage the first debate of vice-presidential candidates...
Still, the Americans for Democratic Action has found McCarthy's candidacy sufficiently worrisome to issue a statement noting that "it would be irresponsible indeed for liberals to cast their votes for McCarthy and thus make possible the election of Ford and Dole." Like the cinematic Road Runner, McCarthy is a factor in the race-at least as far as creating a lot of mischief along...
Ford's weaknesses, however, are balanced by some farm-belt strengths. Butz still enjoys great popularity among some farmers; so too does Kansan Robert Dole. The President has also won points with farmers by urging a large increase in estate-tax exemptions to benefit owners of family farms. Further, Carter lost some standing among farmers two weeks ago for doing a soft-shoe shuffle on embargoes, at first ruling them out, then saying that he would permit them in the event of a catastrophic crop failure...
Some of Washington's best print journalists-Peter Lisagor, David S. Broder, Hugh Sidey and Elizabeth Drew-who appear often on TV panels, also understand televised neutrality. They too should do well in the upcoming quartet of Ford-Carter and Dole-Mondale debates. Earlier this year, when the League of Women Voters televised discussions among the scramble of Democratic contenders, a different kind of questioner presided. Hoping to avoid the journalist's presumed superficiality, the league turned instead to specialists in such subjects as energy, foreign affairs, welfare and economics. They did not work out well. Some were...