Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dole is a politician so absorbed in his craft that his dedication-and travel -helped to break up his first marriage. He projects an impression of coiled-spring tautness. Indeed, he exudes so much vitality that new acquaintances usually do not notice the fact that his right arm is withered, the result of a devastating war wound, until they reach out to shake hands with him. (To avoid embarrassing anyone, Dole usually carries a pencil or a paper in his right hand so that a newcomer will not instinctively try to shake it upon being introduced...
...BUCKLEY, 53, would have won the convention booby prize had Schweiker not pre-empted it. New York's Republican-Conservative junior Senator permitted an abortive effort to win support for himself as an alternative to Ford or Reagan, thus diminishing his prime asset: an image as a non-politician who happens to be in politics. Buckley insisted his move was selfless -intended to prevent a first-ballot victory and permit delegates bound to a candidate whom they did not favor to vote their convictions on subsequent ballots. When a scant twelve delegates rallied to his tardily raised banner, Buckley...
...beating her colleagues to several good interviews, including one with Rockefeller just after the Vice President's scuffle. Trouble was, her producers chose not to use it, a common frustration for floor reporters. ABC's Sam Donaldson, unable to sell his control room an interview with one politician, quickly called in another possibility: "Hello! Hello! Here comes Senator Baker! Wanna do something with Howard Baker...
Ronald Reagan sought the seclusion of his hilltop home in Pacific Palisades to prepare for the rigors of the Republican Convention in Kansas City. For an actor-turned-politician, he is a surprisingly solitary figure, and the campaign has not changed him. Shy and reserved, he protects his privacy and that of his wife Nancy. Reagan is happiest puttering around his ranch in the Santa Ynez Mountains or reading political memos and position papers in his book-lined study in Los Angeles...
...elaborate on some of these issues. While they particularly concern the politician, universities will fail in their role if they do not make an important contribution to dealing with them...