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...Fallows has served under chief speechwriter and novelist Patrick Anderson, who says he cannot think of anyone who has joined the staff since the New York nomination "who has gotten to have more access to the governor than Jim has." Fallows and Anderson travel with Carter in his plane, Peanut One. They work on speeches in their shared hotel room and on the typewriters at the back of the plane during flights and campaign stops. Fallows also attends Carter's major issues speeches and appearances at rallies. At these "Roman gladiator type events," as Fallows calls them, Carter delivers...
...Rockefeller was being primed to lead a counterattack against Carter this week in hopes of putting the Democrat again on the defensive. The G.O.P. plan is for Rocky to hammer away at Carter's finances, raising questions about his campaign contributors and the tax records of his family-held peanut farm and warehouse. Some of Ford's advisers recommended that Republicans should point to Carter's use of tax benefits, notably the tax credit on capital improvements in his business, which allowed him to pay only 13% of his income in federal income taxes last year, v. Ford...
...game days, the atmosphere is electric for blocks around the park. The dirty Back Bay sidewalks are dappled with souvenir stands boasting the Sox' bright red and navy colors. The shrill cries of peanut and hot dog vendors fill the air. Amidst this street carnival, the fans dodge the traffic and each other as they converge on Fenway, swarming past the hawkers, the tall red brick facade and through the turnstiles...
Like other journalists traveling aboard Peanut One, NBC Correspondent Judy Woodruff had known for months about Jimmy Carter's interview with Playboy. But until Interviewer Robert Scheer spelled out details for her two weeks ago, she had no idea of its contents. As soon as she spotted Carter's somewhat vivid language, she got word to Today show Host Tom Brokaw, who broke the story Monday morning...
...Introduced rousingly by Senator Hubert Humphrey, who accused the Ford Administration of "violating the law" in imposing embargoes on foreign grain sales, Carter assailed Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz and used a subtle "we" to identify with his attentive audience. "I never met a farmer who wanted a handout," Peanut Processor Carter said. "I never met a farmer who wanted the Government to guarantee him a profit. But we do want to be treated fairly...