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During Richard Nixon's third year, with the Viet Nam War effort failing and inflation rising, there was speculation about his being a one-term President. His response was what became known as the "Nixon shocks." He devalued the dollar, imposed wage and price controls, and announced he would visit China...
...senatorial races this fall, the one in Maryland was supposed to be a special New Right showcase. Attacks on one-term Democratic Incumbent Paul Sarbanes would, NCPAC hoped, push malingering liberals in neighboring Washington onto the path of conservative righteousness. Said Dolan: "When members of Congress drove home, we wanted them to hear an advertisement against Paul Sarbanes saying he was anti-Reagan and should be defeated. We wanted them to see the television ads and have them say, 'It isn't going to take much for them to go after me for the same reason.' " Instead...
Wall said he would personally support Micheal G. Colantuone '83 for the one-term top past on the 89 member council. He called Colantuono "the only other candidate that I could upto wanted to do something...
...three dissenters chided their brethren for showing too little deference to the Legislative Branch. "Congress is not an administrative agency that is required to state the grounds upon which it acts," wrote Judge George MacKinnon, himself a one-term Congressman. Moreover, he argued, veterans' groups are distinctive. Said MacKinnon: "War veterans have made unparalleled contributions to the creation and preservation of this nation...
...Former one-term lowa Senator John Culver '54 lost his seat last November in the "Tuesday Night Massacre" of several prominent moderate and liberal Democrats. Presently, he, like Governor Peabody, also practices law in Washington. D.C. But at Harvard, he was one of the finest running backs in the school's history, holding the record for most touchdowns scored...