Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...enable him to produce. His themes were the same ones that had won him three Senate elections in the past: jobs, schools, increased Social Security. But during his nearly 18 years in Washington, Democrat Vance Hartke had acquired a well-deserved reputation as a junketeering, always-on-the-make politician. In a race in which integrity was the hot issue, that image was fatal. Hartke, 57, was swamped by Richard Lugar, 44, who served two successful terms as mayor of Indianapolis...
...Until you invite public judgement of your character and abilities, it is difficult to understand the personal ego risk that a politician takes," Smith said...
...falling circulation figures before the Globe overtakes it. With its new format and new writers, the Herald would seem to have a chance. But the paper's conservative editorial stance and its sometimes questionable news judgment still keep most of the Globe's readers away. A young Democratic politician recently capsulized most opinions of the Herald. "I love to read it," he said, "but I could never bring myself...
...only close race for a Massachusetts Congressional seat, Democratic Representative Robert F. Drinan of Newton defeated a Republican who had challenged Drinan's record on economic issues. Drinan's victory is encouraging, for it shows taht a politician like Drinan who displayed courage on moral issues such as Vietnam and the impeachment of former President Nixon, can still win re-election once the heated controversy of those issues has passed...
...gruff, introverted, monotoned, a career soldier who holds the nation's top political job. The other is suave, eloquent, literate, an instinctive politician in a key military post. Both men belong to the same generation of Israelis who grew up with the Jewish state's struggle for survival-and yet, even though they are members of the same Cabinet, they are locked in a constant, fratricidal battle. In fact, the rivalry between Premier Yitzhak Rabin, 54, and Defense Minister Shimon Peres, 53, has become so intense that practically every issue in Israel's hothouse politics polarizes into...