Word: heated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rating, up from 30% in August. In Texas, where the President is especially unpopular because of his natural gas bill, Rosalynn made some campaign stops over Labor Day weekend, the first of several appearances scheduled for the First Lady this fall. Cool, poised and unflappable in the wilting Texas heat, she explained that the White House understood why local candidates had to take stands that appealed to their constituents. There were no hard feelings, she insisted, back in Washington...
With Carter far from popular, G.O.P. presidential hopefuls are using the 1978 campaign season as a kind of preliminary heat to 1980. The consensus among political experts is that Ronald Reagan, despite his 67 years and his many political scars, is out ahead. He plans 75 appearances in 25 states before the November election-a crushing schedule for any politician at any time of life. Reagan was trying to heal party wounds last week when he met with Gerald Ford, John Connally and other G.O.P. heavyweights at functions in Houston and Dallas. For the first time since their bitter primary...
...death, to wait in the sun in a quarter-mile line for hours for a chance to file quickly by Elvis's grave, at the side of his mansion, near his kidney-shaped swimming pool. Along the line volunteers from a county rescue team patrolled, watching for victims of heat exhaustion. And hawkers patrolled, too, selling everything from autographed pictures of The King to silk scarves he wore to color film. Across the street--Elvis Presley Boulevard--there was still more. The shops that have sprung up in the past year sell everything from Elvis wastebaskets to Elvis swizzle sticks...
...just begun work on the ice rink, and it's a little bit frightening seeing all those holes blown in the walls," Reardon said. "But we'll rebuild it in a manner that won't remind us of what we had there. Maybe the heat will even work...
...complaints of the Vietnam veterans have found a more receptive audience in Congress and the press. Several news articles and television documentaries have alerted other vets and some Congressmen. The heat is on the V.A. This April, the House Committee on Veterans Affairs viewed a television documentary produced in Chicago, where local veterans are particularly well-informed about Agent Orange. Fourteen Congressmen were sufficiently shocked to demand a report from the V.A. and the General Accounting Office. The Committee tentatively plans to hold hearings on Agent Orange this fall, but the V.A. still refuses even to hear the complaints...