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Some other politicians have developed a visceral antagonism to him, though they cannot exactly spell it out. Says Kentucky Senator Wendell Ford, a former Governor: "I don't know of any Governors or former Governors whom Carter has contacted for support. That might indicate how much support he has among his former colleagues." Adds a onetime Northern Governor: "It was obvious he was a hustler. His style was just a little different: soft voice, soft sell. But there was a political road map all over his face. Jimmy would take advantage of any single opportunity to further himself...
...Glazer, affirmative action means dividing people into new ethnic interest groups, completely artificial in their makeup. A continued policy of affirmative action could spell the end of the middle class black gains...
...White House has let it be known, however, that the President, after the review he has ordered, may consider disqualifying companies that give foreign bribes from bidding on federal contracts?an act that could spell bankruptcy for some defense contractors. Treasury Secretary William Simon last week pledged to make sure that companies do not treat bribes as honest business expenses, deductible from their taxable profits. He ordered the Internal Revenue Service to intensify and broaden its antibribery campaign...
...game wore on, more and more fans (arriving early for the championship game which started at 9:00) began to fill up the grimy Garden and the first period spell wore off. Northeastern was suddenly back to earth, and losing by a goal...
Still, the desire for proficiency in Regency slang can only carry one so far. It does not explain why I have read every one of Heyer's romances at least once, and most of them several times more. An explanation might lie in the apolitical, reality-free spell her books cast. By the time you have turned the first few pages of a typical Heyer, you are barely sensible of the existence of the lower classes, except in terms of the hero's feudal obligations to his old retainers. Even the most determined revolutionary has to abandon class analysis...