Word: grasps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...truth was that Ford had made significant gains among the uncommitted delegates, and the nomination, however uncertainly, was within his grasp. TIME'S delegate count placed Ford's vote at 1,121-just nine short of the needed majority. Reagan had 1,078, putting him 52 short. Only 60 delegates remained uncommitted...
Whatever the outcome of the epic Ford-Reagan struggle, the No. 2 spot on the ticket appears to be increasingly within the grasp of a talented and tainted Texan who can outdazzle either Republican-and just possibly the Democratic ticket as well. The prospect of John Connally as a candidate for Vice President evokes emotions ranging from outright delight to abject despair, for few politicians engender less neutrality than Connally, the millionaire international lawyer, former Governor and Treasury Secretary whose assets and liabilities are formidable...
...record would certainly become a contentious campaign issue. As Treasury Secretary under President Nixon in 1971-72, Connally's quick intelligence and grasp of economic affairs impressed the experts. He designed the strict wage and price controls that temporarily slowed inflation but in the long run were ineffective, partly because Government directives shifted so often. Though America's European allies grudgingly admire his shrewdness in ramming through the first devaluation of the dollar in 37 years, in order to start reversing the long string of U.S. payments deficits, they almost unanimously consider Connally to be devious, arrogant...
...pictures ruled out the existence of life on the planet either. Soffen added that the lander's immediate vicinity held half a dozen niches in which conventional biology, including hundreds of life forms, could be detected in a desert on earth. "The microbes of Mars are within our grasp, if they are there," said Soffen. "There could be cockroaches under those rocks...
...Shaky Grasp. Despite the quality of his advice, there is reason to doubt Reagan's grasp of economic complexities. Some of his statements are extreme-and not only on the budget. On energy policy, he says: "We need to begin pumping every barrel of domestic oil we can get our hands on, begin using our vast coal reserves with both intelligence and innovation, and begin shifting our sights to the one sure source that will carry us through the next decades-nuclear energy." Those views are worth serious attention, but Reagan goes on to say that if all that...