Word: formulas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...into each other, or making sure that all major sections of the country receive "a hit"?Carter talk for a visit from one of the campaigners. The schedules are drawn to concentrate efforts on some 20 high-priority states, selected by Jordan on the basis of a mathematical formula that weighs the electoral votes of each, its record of voting for presidential candidates and its potential for successful wooing by the Carter campaign. The list includes California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Jordan has assigned a highly secret "hit goal" total for each state. A visit...
...Washingtonian, charges that "the popular image of a band of 60 to 70 dedicated idealists working in happy concert with Nader is, quite simply, a fiction. When you couple Nader's incompetence as an administrator with the importance of employees remaining in his favor, you have the formula for a poisoned atmosphere." One dramatic expression of that atmosphere was the mysterious, nighttime removal of a personal diary from the office of Ted Jacobs, a high-level Nader associate, who says he was then fired by Nader for "misconduct...
...rock pile, Diamond decided to take a performing sabbatical and enjoy family life. Back on the boards again - last month he earned $500,000 for three concerts in Las Vegas - he also has a new LP zooming up the pop-music charts. Diamond long ago found a formula that really works: sentimental lyrics, singalong tunes, jagged rhythms...
...This [Schweiker] incident doesn't [have that effect]. There are two basic criteria [for my choice]. Number one, the person must be qualified to be President. Number two, there has to be compatibility with my own ideological views. Schweiker doesn't quite fit the formula...
Chodrow said yesterday he arrived at the new formula for grades after meeting with Physics S-1 students Friday and consulting with H. Francois Wilkinson, associate director of the Summer School...