Word: midwestern
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...board rooms of the great Midwestern corporations and in the private clubs where businessmen gather, Nixon is perceived not so much as a wicked man as an inept one. "Had he had a firm grip on what was done on his behalf, Watergate would never have happened," says Oscar Blomgren, president of Tuxco Manufacturing Corp. in North Chicago...
...Nixon supporters blames the President's troubles on the press. The sentiment is particularly strong in Oklahoma and Nebraska, where Nixon ran up huge pluralities last year, but it can also be detected in parts of Kansas, Indiana, Missouri and, to a lesser degree, in every other Midwestern state. "After the President's news conference, I wept," wrote Mrs. V.A. Atkins, in a typical letter received by the Tulsa Tribune...
...settled at Shea Stadium last week-literally settled, for maniacal fans made a fair attempt to atomize the ballpark -the Mets had stolen the series three games to two. Miracle II was worthy of a week at Lourdes. The Mets pitching, led by sore-shouldered Tom Seaver, held the Midwestern maulers to only eight runs in the five games. The asthenic Met batters, none of whom finished the regular season above .300, banged out a hearty 23 runs. Met Shortstop Bud Harrelson (155 Ibs.) miraculously escaped maiming when his scuffle with Cincinnati's Pete Rose (189 Ibs.) blossomed into...
Tailgating started years ago at Ivy League games, where alumni would serve genteel picnics from the backs of their station wagons. Cold chicken and Chablis was a typical menu. The Midwestern, professional football version is something else-a Polish polka rather than a minuet, New Year's Eve in Times Square rather than a polite dinner party for twelve. The super bowl of tailgating occurs when the Green Bay Packers visit the Minnesota Vikings. TIME Correspondent Marguerite Michaels attended one such blast in Bloomington, Minn. Her report...
...destroy it, the argument continues. And what better way to insure that the army refrain from rightist adventures than to put Harvard men in its leadership? Surely, compassionate and humane Ivy Leaguers in uniform will protect us against all those proto-fascist stump-jumping hillbillies from the South and midwestern cow colleges...