Word: fats
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson was now nursing a 17-16 lead when Smith tussled with a shock of sinew named Steve Glasgow. "Last year he had a lot of baby fat on him," Smith said as his voice trailed away ominously, but he proved up to the occasion, clawing to a 3-1 win over Glasgow...
...individual could put up a billboard, take out a newspaper ad, buy TV time, hire doorbell ringers or mail out leaflets to help. Considering the history of politicians and politics in the U.S., the ruling seems extremely naive-leaving a mile-wide loophole for the return of the "fat cat" to the campaign scene...
...Fat Cats. In a sense, the court affected several Democratic candidates more by what it did not do last week than by what it did. By not striking down the use of federal funds in presidential primaries and general elections, the court helped keep some candidates in the race even though they have managed to raise comparatively little money on their own. Among them: Harris and Shapp (who qualified for federal matching funds only last week). Similarly, by not removing the $1,000 limit on individual campaign contributions, the court eliminated the possibility that a candidate could rely solely...
...race because of his strong Senate record, his labor backing, his folksy, flamboyant campaign style. All he would have to do was declare his candidacy, and the money would have started pouring in from well-heeled liberal well-wishers. Four years ago, that might have worked. But now the fat cats have been cut off-unless they want to break the law. The lean cats are growing scarcer and leaner all the time. Says Feldman: "It used to be fairly easy to find five people who would give $20,000 each. It is much, much harder to find 100 people...
...smaller European nations? For one thing, winter sports are simply not as glamorous in the U.S. as in Europe. A successful skier here labors in obscurity, while in Europe he is often a national hero. What's more, in Europe amateurs do not exist. Topflight skiers quietly receive fat fees from equipment manufacturers. Where private enterprise stops, governments step in. The Russian hockey team, for instance, is a state-supported operation. So is the speed-skating team. The American speed-skating program is so impoverished that there is only one 400-meter rink in the entire 50 states-compared...