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...George McGovern captured their fancy for a moment. When he told farmers that if Ronald Reagan were re-elected they should sell their farms and build bomb shelters, there was an approving snort or two. McGovern was the only other real candidate besides Mondale to show up around Greenfield. The rest sent their relatives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Chewing the Fat in Iowa | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

Presidential candidate George S. McGovern yesterday reiterated his commitment to establishing a unilateral moratorium on nuclear weapons, and called for an immediate halt to all U.S. military operations in Central America...

Author: By David B. Pollack, | Title: McGovern Attacks U.S. Militarism, Calls for Freeze | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

America must "return from [its] wandering in the wilderness of militarism abroad and injustice at home." McGovern told a capacity crowd of more than 400 people at Boston's Arlington St. Church...

Author: By David B. Pollack, | Title: McGovern Attacks U.S. Militarism, Calls for Freeze | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

...McGovern accused President Reagan of being "tragically ill-informed" about Soviet-American attitudes. He acknowledged that Reagan is well-intentioned, but charged that the President's hardline policies--particularly in the area of nuclear weapons--have brought the United States to the point of potential annihilation...

Author: By David B. Pollack, | Title: McGovern Attacks U.S. Militarism, Calls for Freeze | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

Hart and Cranston need third-place finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire to give them jumping-off points for the later primaries. Jackson hopes to run well in New Hampshire and then score an upset win in Alabama. McGovern is trying to hang on until the Super Tuesday primary in Massachusetts, where he thinks he can finish second. Askew is counting on a turnout of an ti abort ion voters to give him a respectable showing in Iowa, followed by a strong home-state vote in Florida three weeks later. As for Rollings, it will take a miracle to keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Primed for a Test | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

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