Word: runaways
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...lagged so far behind Reagan that he was barely within shouting range. But finally last Sunday night in Louisville he was on the same podium, eight feet away from Reagan in the first of two presidential debates. It was, almost certainly, his last, best chance to turn a runaway election into a close contest again. Just by being on the same stage with the President, by holding his own and indeed by scoring significant points, Mondale not only avoided a knockout blow, he helped his cause...
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...together, and grew up in the major leagues. Strength through the middle is baseball's eternal ideal, and the model today is the Tigers' Catcher Lance Parrish, Shortstop Alan Trammell, Second Baseman Lou Whitaker and Centerfielder Chet Lemon. Probably it has to do with the nature of runaway races, but none of them seems quite as considerable now as he did in the spring or even last year. Trammell hit over .300 but missed more than 20 games without being missed tremendously. Whitaker slipped slightly both in the field and at bat. Lemon actually got conked...
...Ronald Reagan it could be the crowning piece of his fabled political luck, ensuring another term in the White House. For the nation, provided Reagan uses his luck skillfully, it could mark a new beginning in the urgent task of controlling the runaway nuclear arms race...
Some experts suspect that the runaway dollar may be partly a political phenomenon. Foreigners watch ing this year's presidential campaign for clues about the future investment climate in the U.S. like what they see in the public opinion polls. Says Stephen Marris, a former economist for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: "In the last two or three weeks, the growing feeling is that it's going to be a landslide for Reagan. That basically means more people want to put money into America...