Word: gored
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Unusual Alliance. There has been renewed emphasis on a cease-fire from other sources as well. In a Sept. 1 letter to Nixon, 30 Senators of both parties, including such doves as Albert Gore and Edward Brooke and such hawks as Henry Jackson and Barry Goldwater, urged the President to propose an internationally supervised "standstill" cease-fire for all forces in South Viet Nam. The term standstill means that opposing forces would remain in place, continuing to control the areas they now hold. As the Senators see it, the cease-fire would be the first of several steps: withdrawal...
...every agency chief is enamored of percentages. Says Chester Gore, president of the agency that bears his name...
...Gore Vidal, author and social critic, said last week that the "bankruptcy of American two-party government" has turned him into a political activist. He was appearing in his new role in Boston to publicize the New Party, a national political party formed during the Chicago Convention...
...Gore's films of his major interest in foreign affairs. The impression conveyed is that of down home. In one film, Gore actually rides on a white horse. His support of close-to-the-pocketbook issues, such as Social Security, Medicare and tax reductions, is stressed. In a spot that is Guggenheim at his best, Gore has just finished a game of checkers when he is confronted by an elderly man. The man reminds Gore that he voted for him six years ago and promised to do it again if he lived. "Here I am, Albert," the spot concludes...
Abomination. If Spencer-Roberts hated and loved in successive elections, many politicians hate the idea of electronic spots even while they use them as heavily as their budgets allow. Goodell calls his own compressed viewpoints "ghastly things." Says Gore: "It's an abomination and I detest it," but he admits that he would not and could not do without it. Hart asks: "How the hell can you describe in 30 seconds why you think a volunteer army is necessary...