Word: republicans
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...philosophy with karate chops at invisible exploiters of the little guy in the Old Dominion?the landed gentry, the bankers, the big public-service companies. Already a two-time loser for the governorship (in 1969 and 1973), Howell, 57, is giving it another try. This time his opponent is Republican Lieutenant Governor John Dalton, who is as lackluster as Howell is hokey and hard-hitting...
Dalton, 46, is a wealthy lawyer who followed his father, Ted, a popular Republican state senator, into the legislature in 1966. But it is the controversial Howell who has been the primary issue in the campaign. As a state legislator in the '60s. Howell successfully fought to abolish the poll tax and to establish one-man, one-vote representation. He worked to pass consumer legislation and plug tax loopholes. This year, as a candidate, he is calling for the restoration of the 100 phone call (it costs 200 to use a pay phone in Virginia), collective bargaining for public employees...
When New Jersey Republican Raymond H. Bateman turned 50 last week, a political numerologist would have chuckled at the irony. The challenger's once commanding lead in the polls had shrunk to only a 50% chance of unseating the Democratic incumbent, Brendan Byrne...
...tax?which brings in about $1 billion a year?should be replaced by a legislative package that would include welfare reform, a selective job freeze and, if necessary, a "modest" increase in the state sales tax. The proposal has been roundly attacked by economists, editorialists?and many fellow Republican politicians. "A blueprint for disaster," charged the Trenton Times, arguing that the Bateman plan would raise property and sales taxes and most hurt those least able to afford it?the elderly, the unemployed and the poor. Byrne has latched onto the tax issue with uncharacteristic vehemence?and apparent political success...
...coat of arms and is stamped on all official documents. One translation is "Deeds are manly, words are womanly," though a looser rendering is "Let women talk and men act." The motto has irritated feminists, who have been trying for years but have failed to get it changed. Now Republican Senator Howard A. Denis of Montgomery County has taken up the women's cause, urging that a special commission search for a nonsexist alternative...