Word: poore
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...presidential campaign to exploit the anti-inflationary, antitax, anti-Government-spending mood of the voters. Fiscal conservatism appears to be part of Carter's philosophy; although it appeals to many middle-class voters, it also threatens to alienate traditional Democratic supporters: blacks, labor leaders and the poor, who advocate such costly social programs as national health insurance and greater aid to the cities. Trying to keep such groups in line, Vice President Walter Mondale went to Minnesota, Missouri and Pennsylvania last week to assure doubting Democrats that Jimmy Carter will remain true to the traditions of his party...
...year Thurmond faces the strongest challenge of his Senate career, and from a Democrat who is as much a symbol of the New South as Thurmond is of the Old South: clean-cut, ruggedly handsome Charles ("Pug") Ravenel Jr., 40. The son of a sheet-metal worker-from the poor side of a distinguished South Carolina family-Ravenel won scholarships to Exeter and Harvard (where he was quarterback of the football team). Then after seven successful years as a Wall Street investment banker, he returned in 1972 to his home state, started an investment firm and prepared...
Last week speculation also ran to names rarely heard before: Paulo Evaristo Arns, 57, Brazil's brave champion of human rights; Joseph Cordeiro, 60, of Pakistan, who exudes saintly simplicity and concern for the poor; and Poland's Karol Wojtyla, 58, who is a strong leader in a hostile environment-and speaks fluent Italian...
...were paying Carter a reported $50,000 a year for the use of his name and his promotional services, claim that sales went well at first but were dropping off fast. Falls City President James Tate suggests that the beer "sank with the popularity of the President," but poor quality is a more plausible cause. Billy still has an entry in the beverage business: his peanut-flavored liqueur...
...diminished clout in Muncie. The local economy is now controlled from the out-of-town board rooms of large national and international corporations-and from Washington. Says Caplow: "The Federal Government has in effect taken over all the social welfare functions in Muncie. The care of the sick, the poor, the aged and the delinquent is all controlled by Washington...