Word: michigan
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...hazards either. He seems to be marginally involved in two investigations. The SEC is looking into U.S. Steel's entertaining of legislators, possibly including Ford when he was a Congressman; meanwhile, the special prosecutor's office in Washington is examining Republican Party records in Ford's home county in Michigan and the political contributions of the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association, a union that has long been a big contributor to his campaigns. Whether either of these will turn out to be a real campaign problem remains uncertain, but the point is that there is so much volatility in the election...
Carter was never a star athlete, but he shares the competitive instincts that Ford honed on the gridiron at the University of Michigan. In less positive ways, too, there are similarities. Both candidates can also be quite stubborn when they have decided on a political course of action...
...good but by no means brilliant mind and a knack for getting along with people, even those who oppose him. He is a team player par excellence; characteristically, he played the selfless position of center in football and did so well that his superjock record at the University of Michigan is now an important part of his persona, a probable political plus...
...never gives up. Rejected by Yale Law School (he had only a B average at Michigan), Ford stubbornly got a job coaching football and boxing at the university for three years before he was finally granted admittance. Once in a classroom, he grimly held his own, graduating in the upper third of his class. The first time he ran for public office -winning his congressional seat from Grand Rapids in 1948-he loved to campaign, to talk with people, relax with people, simply to be with people...
Adversity does not deter Ford-he has lost too often for that. In his senior year, the Michigan football team dropped all but one game. While he was the minority leader in the House, Ford was defeated time and again. He does not brood about a failure, nor does he second-guess himself after making a decision. His mind just does not work that way, and never has. He is simple and direct, and by nature optimistic, a feeling understandably reinforced by the experience of his own life. Ten years ago -five years ago-it would have been inconceivable...