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...Francisco, John Roscoe, 46, a grocery chain store president, laughed sardonically: "I'm a three-time loser. In 1964 I voted for the peace candidate -Johnson-and got war. In '68 I voted for the law-and-order candidate-Nixon-and got crime. In '72 I voted for Nixon again, and we got Watergate. I'm not going to vote this time...
Being Jerry Ford, he will be a good loser-but a residue of bitterness is inevitable. He was fully convinced he could win the race and he disdained his opponent. There is no chance that he will make another try for the presidency-and almost none that he will seek any other elective office. In Republican Party councils, he will be welcomed as an elder, respected statesman. He did nothing to disgrace himself as President or campaigner. As he claimed, he restored trust and integrity to the presidency. And that was no accident...
...talent's there, what's the problem? Back to you, Fred: "I think we outplayed a lot of teams this year--there's just something about being a winner and a loser. When you start losing, you get a negative attitude, and our team's guilty of that...
Gerald "Joe" Restic sat quietly on the Square Office of Dillon Field House as his wife, Betty confronted the throng of reporters outside the door. Restic, the apparent loser of a long and arduous battle for the Ivy League title, was too tired and hoarse to deliver the message himself...
...resounding defeat a surprise then? Not to the opinion pollsters and referenda watchers who had pegged the grad tax as a loser...