Word: pocketbooks
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...flesh, deep in their eyes, Mailer was suspiciously aggressive where Styron was aggressively suspicious. Mailer hoped to get in the first blow; Styron hoped you would not steal his pocketbook. In private moods, one imagined, Mailer threw hot coals of rage where Styron brooded and sulked. One saw Styron in repose turning inward into himself, Mailer turning outward against the world; the first was sad and the second was angry...
...Should pocketbook assume primacy over social questions, the Democrats figure that they can readily retain control of Congress despite the high risk that stems from having so many of their Senate seats up for challenge. Ordinarily, the out party gains in off-year elections, but the Democrats are painfully short of campaign funds and lack powerful, recognized leadership. The weakness at the top is partially offset by a number of strong candidates in individual races...
Gore's films of his major interest in foreign affairs. The impression conveyed is that of down home. In one film, Gore actually rides on a white horse. His support of close-to-the-pocketbook issues, such as Social Security, Medicare and tax reductions, is stressed. In a spot that is Guggenheim at his best, Gore has just finished a game of checkers when he is confronted by an elderly man. The man reminds Gore that he voted for him six years ago and promised to do it again if he lived. "Here I am, Albert," the spot concludes...
...looked slim, so Republicans in Congress could have it both ways on the record - for education, but against inflation. So it was decided, and hours later the President ve toed the two measures, explaining that "in both cases, the level proposed by Congress is a threat to the American pocketbook...
...reasons of pocketbook as well as policy, the U.S. is cutting its 3,500,000-member armed forces to 2,900,000 by mid-1971, and eventually to 2,500,000. At least part of the reduction will be made in overseas garrisons-and not just those in Viet Nam. Thus the Pentagon announced last month that the 62,000-man American force in South Korea would be cut by nearly one-third. Last week plans were announced to reduce the U.S. troop level in the Philippines from 24,000 to about 18,400 possibly by next July...