Word: press
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President and thus risking a bloody party brawl. He would prefer to see Carter pushed out of the race by pressure from the party and the dismal evidence of the polls. Late last week the President was hit with the most staggering poll news to date: an Associated Press-NBC News survey indicated that only 19% of the Americans polled thought Carter was doing an excellent or good job. That was the lowest approval rating for any President since such polls began in the 1930s - including Richard Nixon's 24% just before his resignation...
...Senator moved still closer to an announcement when he found himself holding an impromptu press conference at a Kennedy Center benefit. He indicated that he would be willing to run even if it meant a primary fight, and he pledged to decide before the primary deadlines (the first is Jan. 11). Said Kennedy: "I've always believed in the primary system. I think it would be a hard-fought battle, both the nomination and the election. I think this will be an opportunity to discuss the issues and the alternatives to problems...
This sentiment is fostered by a constant barrage of revolutionary rhetoric in the press, schools, and other institutions. But Cubans have not turned their cultural heritage into a revolutionary bludgeon, preferring that classical ballet and folkloric songs and dances serve to link the revolution to the cultural roots of the past...
...Similar press conferences were held in 25 other American cities yesterday. At each, Clamshell organizers or leaders of other anti-nuclear groups pledged to "close the Seabrook plant by nonviolently, physically stopping construction. Our aim is to non-violently enter the Seabrook nuclear site, and to prevent construction by staying there," organizers said...
Just what is supply economics? According to the business press, it is the latest successor to Keynesian economics: if we could ditch obsolete ideas and get a better answer for the supply side of the equation, we could overcome stagflation...