Word: jerseyed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...major parties had little to crow about, but not much to complain about either. They split the two gubernatorial races. New Jersey's Democratic Governor Brendan Byrne, whose self-effacing campaign style consists of a strained smile and straight-arm salute, came from way behind to swamp Republican State Senator Ray Bateman, who tripped up in trying to propose an alternative to the unpopular state income tax. Virginia's Republican Lieutenant Governor John Dalton easily moved up in rank by beating Democrat "Howlin' " Henry Howell, a big-business-baiting populist who can make the Lord...
...colorful observations about Edison's personality and his image. It is Edison's words, not Clark's, that provide the reader with a sense of the danger of the inventor's headlong rush to "make it go." Clark quotes Edison when he decided to relocate his lab in New Jersey saying, "See that valley? Well, I'm going to make it more beautiful. I'm going to dot it with factories...
Some of the mayors and mayor-elects participating in the seminar are Edward I. Koch of New York City, Thomas F.X. Smith of Jersey City, New Jersey, Charles Royer of Seattle, Moon Landrieu of New Orleans, and Warren Widener of Berkeley, California...
There is no despair in his face, no sign that he is playing for a team which is 1-7 and fighting with the New Jersey Nets for sole possession of the cellar in the NBA East. He does not seem worried that John Havlicek is closing in on age 40 or that JoJo White is starting to notice more grey hairs...
...polls has narrowed, both candidates have imported big-name backers across state lines?including, in Bateman's case, the peripatetic Liz Taylor. The same day that Rosalynn Carter was saying, "Brendan, we need you," in southern New Jersey, former President Gerald Ford appeared upstate in Morris County. Still the same old Jerry, he told the crowd: "I'm glad to be here to help you get Ray Bateman elected Governor of Michigan." To which Bateman responded, "Thank you, but I'm having enough trouble in New Jersey...