Word: money
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...suggest cool competence I rather than passion or brilliance. They are problem solvers rather than idea brokers. They span the Republican midsection from the moderate progressives to the responsible conservatives, stopping short of ideological extremes. They are mostly affluent, some in the millionaire bracket, but they earned their money rather than inheriting it. There are no blooded patricians in the lot, just strivers who have acted out the middle-class dream. Thus, as much as any dozen individuals can, Richard Nixon's new Cabinet members mirror the qualities of their boss, of the campaign he waged, of the aspirations...
...Marshfield, Wis., birthplace, and the rockbed Republican Seventh District there gave him 64% of the vote in November. In his first term in 1953, he managed the unheard of freshman feat of getting on the powerful Appropriations Committee. Once there, he was named to the subcommittee that doles money out to the military, which led to his Pentagon expertise and, inevitably, to his seat on the Nixon Cabinet...
...would put him in the catbird seat for a presidential try in 1976. For Rockefeller, the campaign for re-election has already begun. One of his aides predicted that it will be much like his previous drives-"a lot of dash, a lot of meetings and just a little money...
...true?' Ask me something, 'Is it true?' " So the critic did, asking whether Marvin was the highest-paid actor in Hollywood. "That's it. Not a great question, but a good question. No, it isn't true. Paul Newman makes more money than...
...demand. What the terms boil down to is that the students who have used the bus may think it worthwhile to pay another nickle or so per ride to insure its continuation. As long as enough students continued to use the bus despite a rise in price, the money collected in fares would come a lot closer to meeting costs. Although ideally the bus service should be continued unchanged, such a compromise may be the only way to save the bus, providing students are indeed willing to pay somewhat higher fares...