Word: enormouse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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He nominated former New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President. He declared a policy of leniency toward Viet Nam War-era draft evaders and deserters. He let it be known that he "probably" will run for President in 1976. He worked from early morning to late at night, signing...
Such is the frenetic working pace -and enormous influence over the President-of Robert Trowbridge Hartmann, 57, Ford's chief speechwriter, political adviser, troubleshooter and confidant. Other White House intimates regard the conservative Hartmann as Ford's most trusted Counsellor. "The President knows that Bob is smarter than...
Wattenberg followed Ihe advice of his friend and sometime collaborator Richard M. Scammon (This U.S.A.; The Real Majority) to "marinate yourself in the data," notably from The Bureau of the Census (of which Scammon was once director). The statistic-laden result is a selective celebration of American achievement, particularly in...
> The enormous jump in the world price of sugar-Cuba's main agricultural product-is at last providing Castro with a major source of foreign exchange. When he came to power in 1959, raw sugar was selling for 5? per lb.; it now sells for nearly 30? per lb...
> Castro's style of governing has changed. He still runs a police state that tolerates no dissent, but he has started to curb the whimsical use of power by institutionalizing government processes. The bureaucracy has greater authority, and instead of ad hoc economic decisions there is now a Five...