Word: pledgees
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Mondale will portray Ronald Reagan as an extremist and a flaky showman while casting himself as a seasoned, responsible realist. He accuses the President of trying to "flim-flam the American people" and "skate by the election" without confronting hard questions like the federal deficit. Mondale expects to introduce part...
Amid the turmoil, the ample figure of former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, an early supporter of Jesse Jackson (no relation), began to dominate the closed session. Recalls New York Congressman Charles Rangel, who chaired the meeting: "Maynard cross-examined Fritz. He did an eloquent Clarence Darrow job." Why, Jackson asked...
A more extensive review began after the nomination. Lawyers and accountants reporting to Mondale, including Sheldon Cohen, former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, examined the Ferraro and Zaccaro records and helped prepare the financial disclosure that Ferraro was obliged by law to make no later than Aug. 20. Oddly...
Similarly, Mondale apparently has gained little or nothing out of all the TV time and newspaper space he has won by contrasting his own forthright pledge to raise taxes with what he contends is a "secret" Reagan plan to do the same thing. Only 27% of the people polled by...
Much of the positive feeling toward Sears comes from its pledge of "satisfaction