Word: moving
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...polls now indicate. Already the Kennedy challenge has begun to redefine the presidential election. Already it has brought out new mettle in Jimmy Carter, given focus and direction to his campaigning. Determined not to allow Kennedy to dominate him or the news, Carter has geared nearly every recent move he has made to the primary battles (see following story). Some Democrats fear that the struggle between the two will irreparably damage the party's chances of holding on to the White House. To Democratic National Chairman White, the Carter-Kennedy fight is much like two railroad locomotives hurtling toward each...
...separate himself from the pack of Republican contenders, bold John Connally is staking out a series of controversial positions on U.S. foreign policy. As a political strategy it may be a shrewd move, but the policies themselves may prove risky, even dangerous...
...elaborated his call for in creased U.S. military presence around the world. ''The growth in the size and capability of Soviet strategic forces exceeds the Nazi buildup of the '30s,'' Connally warned. In the Middle East, particularly, he demanded that the U.S. ''move quickly to establish a rough balance of military power.'' By that he meant that the U.S. should have ''major Air Force components operating from the former Israeli airfields in the Sinai and a new Fifth Fleet stationed in the Indian Ocean...
Though U.S. diplomats favor resisting So viet pressure on the Middle East, they see little benefit in committing U.S. armed forces to the area. They warn that such a move might goad Moscow to respond in kind, perhaps by dispatching Soviet troops to buttress Syrian positions near the Golan Heights...
...discussed a number of specific issues, including the composition of government committees which pass out federal research dollars and several specific statutes. More importantly, however, the participants raised questions of inclusion in the decision-making process. Sharp says, for example, that had it not been for "an 11th hour move," single-sex colleges might have been eliminated from Title IX, which regulates federal dollars for athletics. "When we look for ways to increase equal opportunity across the board," says the ACE's Shavlik, "single-sex institutions are often overlooked...