Word: houre
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...than Baker. Ford also concluded that Dole had the most assets of all the possible choices, even though advisers pointed out that the poignant circumstances of Dole's first marriage and divorce might be as much of a liability as the drinking problem of Baker's wife. After an hour, Ford was satisfied that Dole had a consensus of support in the group, and the decision was final. The first to be told of the choice?after Dole ?was Reagan. Ford began zeroing in on Dole the week before the convention, but the only Administration insider...
HOWARD BAKER, 50, plainly has a future-though the appearance that he was passed over at near zero hour in the Veepstakes did nothing to enhance it. Severely disappointed, Baker signaled his intention to seek the presidency in 1980 and vowed: "If ever again I get involved in a presidential race, I can promise you I'll be in the driver's seat." He may make a third bid to become Republican Senate leader when Hugh Scott retires next January. If so, he will risk another setback: tradition favors elevation of the No. 2 man, Minority Whip Robert...
...before the balloting on rule 16c, Temporary Convention Chairman Robert Dole ordered reporters off the floor, while the delegates cheered. CBS Floor Producer Don Hewitt immediately phoned Dole to protest, but television reporters and their bulky equipment were not back clogging the aisles at full strength for nearly an hour. When NBC Reporter Tom Pettit's earphone antenna was banged and bent by an unidentified flying object during a Wednesday-night Ford demonstration, David Brinkley remarked: "You get ten points for hitting a reporter. There have been conventions in the past where you got 20 points...
...competitive sports go, the Olympics far outdrew the conventions. Of course, networks have other motives. Conventions are their most conspicuous "public service"; they are also television's own Olympics, with their news departments' prestige at stake. Besides, there is the adrenaline of it: a fatiguing 12-hour day watching over his loyal floormen from a swivel-chaired aerie has to be as heady for Walter Cronkite as describing five blast-offs Into space. Yet all the feats of gadgetry, all the energetic floor work went largely to waste during last week's noisy and frequently mindless prime...
...present, guard instruction typically ranges from barely adequate at larger firms to none at all at some smaller ones. Too often, says a Los Angeles County sheriffs official, "a man is hired off the street. He is given a gun, paid sometimes only $2.50 an hour-and he's a guard. It's frightening." Some states have tightened licensing requirements; Pennsylvania, for example, demands 75 hours of training before a private guard can carry...