Word: nelsons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...When Nelson Rockefeller flew to Washington to be sworn in as Vice President, the family jet pulled up to the ramp at National Airport with the door on the wrong side of the television cameras. He entered capital history totally obscured by the fuselage of his Gulfstream...
...from Keep Your Sunny Side Up to The Best Things in Life Are Free, they have been recorded so frequently that one can almost hear needle scratches as the cast belts them out. As the aging astronomy prof, and the geriatric football coach, Alice Faye and Gene Nelson attempt to hoof and puff and blow the house down; they only succeed in underlining the show's decrepitude. Nor can Michael Kidd's manic drill-sergeant direction hide the melancholy truth that because a thing is old does not mean it is an antique; junk is junk...
...Administration's energy experts finally completed the package of options from which Ford must select hard choices (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS). Rumsfeld finished work on a White House staff overhaul ("It's pure Jerry Ford," he said). And, at long last, a glaring void was filled when Nelson Rockefeller was confirmed and sworn in as Vice President...
...seven who voted against Rockefeller included three Republican conservatives (Barry Goldwater of Arizona, Jesse Helms of North Carolina and William L. Scott of Virginia) and four Democratic liberals (James Abourezk of South Dakota, Birch Bayh of Indiana, Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio and Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin). Their opposition centered chiefly on Rockefeller's wealth and his use of it. Goldwater had never really forgiven Rockefeller for failing to support him for President in 1964 but still endorsed the nomination originally. Explaining his change of mind, Goldwater said: "It is now apparent to me that Mr. Rockefeller did in effect...
...Nelson Rockefeller, definitely...