Word: presidental
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Why does Kennedy want to run for President now, when he could have waited until 1984, as some supporters urged him to do? Kennedy circled the question carefully in an interview with TIME Washington Bureau Chief Robert Ajemian. The Senator was wary of sounding too self-serving, but he soon...
This election is no different, despite the presence of two politicians who have been brushed by assassinations: John Connally and Ted Kennedy. Connally, who was wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963, believes that there is no way a candidate can be made entirely safe. Says an old associate, former...
The cause was so worthy that there could be no criticism, but the timing was something that only a President can exploit. Ted Kennedy, in a speech at Washington's Georgetown University, complained that the Carter Administration's proffered $7 million in aid was inadequate to prevent starvation...
Sheer coincidence, said White House aides: Carter just happened to receive right then assurances from Phnom-Penh and Hanoi that the expanded aid would actually get through to hungry Cambodians. Well, maybe. But Carter's whole week demonstrated that he is acutely aware of the powers of an incumbent...
> Carter summoned the Democratic faithful to a Washington dinner that marked the unofficial launching of his reelection campaign. Those invited were told that their attendance would be considered an endorsement of the President for renomination. Almost 500 party powers showed up, including 109 Congressmen, a dozen Senators and a pride...