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...little doubt that for mer President Gerald Ford is on the verge of deciding whether to plunge into the race for the Republican nomination. It is also clear that if he is to make his momentous move, he must do so in two or three weeks. Increasingly, some party pros are betting that Ford will decide to run. In a conversation with TIME last week, Ford himself made it plain that his candidacy was very possible...
...their support from it, either as students in Western countries or as "soldiers" in Eastern ones. And when the most successful of these athletes can look forward to special rewards after their playing days are over, like the Kellogg's advertising contract awaiting skater Eric Heiden, then they are pros in all but name. This cannot be a reason to save the Games either...
Earlier, against the Swedes, the underdog Americans played like future members of the National Hockey League, and, indeed, 15 members of the team have been drafted by the pros. They bashed the Europeans into the boards, they scuffled the puck into the corners. If their pond hockey was not terribly sophisticated, it was good enough -barely. The U.S. trailed Sweden 2-1 going into the last minute of the game...
...self-imposed deadlines for making a decision came and went. Lists of pros and cons littered Rather's Manhattan apartment. Before leaving for work last Wednesday he promised his wife Jean that he would make up his mind that day. At 60 Minutes' offices on West 57th Street, Rather consulted with Mike Wallace, Morley Safer and other CBS colleagues, then he met with NBC News President William Small. Late that night Jean Rather finally turned to him in their living room. "You were going to make a decision today," she said evenly. "You have 17 minutes left." At long last...
There is yet another possibility, which Ford discusses freely. Says he: "If there was a deadlocked convention, and if some support developed for me, of course I would respond." But if the convention does go beyond the first ballot-as no G.O.P. gathering has since 1948-party pros believe that supporters of the leading candidates would try to settle the nomination among themselves rather than turn to Ford. This year there are no deep ideological divisions or personal animosities that would prevent such deals. Anyone who speaks of a deadlocked convention turning to a dark horse, says a Republican National...