Word: presidental
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
"We need to elect a President in the prime of life who has broad national and international experience," says the candidate. "I have had eight years of experience in agriculture, in keeping profit-and-loss records on livestock." He is also well educated: he is a Rhodes scholar and holds...
Every two years Pressler has been running for public office and winning. Now he is going for the big brass ring of American politics. Says fellow South Dakotan George McGovern: "People will think there is something in the water out there that makes us all want to run for President...
Some of his colleagues in the Senate are laughing at Pressler and his vaulting ambition. True, the Senate is a breeding ground for presidential candidates, and ambitious men are not unknown in its halls. Many look around at their colleagues and decide, in the words of one incumbent: "If he...
For a year the job had been hers on loan. When San Francisco Mayor George Moscone was shot and killed by Daniel White during a political dispute, Dianne Feinstein was appointed mayor by the board of supervisors, which she served as president. Last week Feinstein, 46, became mayor on her...
Money had never been a problem; her wealthy family was one of New Jersey's most distinguished, and an ancestor, Richard Stockton, had signed the Declaration of Independence. Free to do what she pleased, the heavyset, attractive blond worked as executive secretary of the Greater Trenton Symphony Orchestra, served...