Word: franked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...David turned Goliath. Nonetheless, most of the party pros at the dinner reluctantly but realistically had their minds set on Carter as their almost certain presidential nominee. Nor were those expectations changed when the news came later in the night that Carter had been narrowly upset by Idaho Senator Frank Church in the Nebraska primary. Even with that setback Carter has won twelve of 17 primaries, drawn more than 4 million votes and locked well over 600 delegates (needed to nominate: 1,505). A recent Gallup poll showed rank-and-file Democrats prefer him to Humphrey...
There is variety here, from Frank Scott's untitled exclamation...
...thirteen. Her latest is called Lovin' and Learnin' (MCA), and she may get plenty of the former, but she can use a lot more of the latter. This album suffers from trying to make her sound less country, which is as hopeless as trying to make Frank Church sound less pompous. The worst numbers (it's a tough choice) are "Ain't That a Shame", a pathetic attempt at a rock number, and "Makin' Love Don't Always Make Love Grow" (honest, folks). Tanya has a rich, explosive voice, but until she quits trying to be a female Elvis Presley...
...slow Carter down in hopes of making the black bloc more important at the nominating convention in New York. That general impulse, diffuse and uncoordinated now, probably accounts for the rousing response to California's Governor Jerry Brown when he appeared, along with Carter, Morris Udall and Frank Church, to address the conference...
...Vice President with eyes for the top job. "The real driving need to write The Canfield Decision was making a living," Spiro told Merv, claiming that he was left "totally penniless" after his 1973 legal problems and subsequent disbarment. In fact, had it not been for his old buddy Frank Sinatra, he said, "I don't think I could have survived that time." Sinatra made Agnew a "substantial" loan, and "at the height of my troubles, he called me on the phone every day just to say, 'How are things? Anything...