Word: ranched
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...desks. In the U.S., Gulf Oil passed out many of its political contributions in sealed envelopes. Gulf Lobbyist Frederick Myers testified to the Securities and Exchange Commission that in 1964 he handed one envelope to New Mexico Republican Senator Edwin L. Mechem, now a federal judge, at a ranch outside Albuquerque. In 1970, Myers said, he flew to Indianapolis to present another envelope to Republican Representative Richard L. Roudebush, now head of the Veterans Administration, in a men's room at a Holiday...
...Ford because the President rarely consulted him. Connally, a Democrat until he switched parties in 1973, recognizes that his chances of becoming President are less than slim, and he speaks enthusiastically about his other activities. He gives speeches around the nation on vital issues. He has a big ranch at Floresville, 180 miles east of Houston, where he raises Santa Gertrudis cattle. As the top man in Houston's largest law firm, he makes international business deals for major U.S. corporations. In Britain last month he met with Cabinet Officers James Callaghan and Anthony Wedgwood Benn; last week...
...idea that does not appeal to Connally is that he head up a third party ticket. The proposal was made to him last month at his Texas ranch by three conservatives: Author Kevin Phillips, Fund Raiser Richard Viquerie, and Howard Phillips, director of the Conservative Caucus. Connally declined, stressing that it would lead to political fragmentation. Then with characteristic bluntness he added: "Let's not kid each other. If Reagan catches on, you fellows would drop me in a second...
Hunter Thompson, at his Colorado ranch, sipped Wild Turkey and predicted more random violence for the seventies. On one level, Thompson said, we're totally doomed--"but I think there's a perversity in people that I kind of like and have great faith in." Salisbury must have listened patiently and seriously. He writes...
...single in Danvers's bedroom community, it was particularly difficult. If you want to learn loneliness, try suburbia. And if you want to learn suburbia, try Danvers. A middle-class sprawl of shopping center parking lots, Astroturfed traffic islands, and ranch-style roosts for the not-quite-Ipswich commuter set, Danvers didn't make transition easier...