Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...speculation as the convention opened. Virtually all of them could offer Nixon, a man of the center, the sort of progressive appeal that would compensate for his weakness in the heavily urbanized industrial states. Such ideological equations are fast replacing geographical balance as the criteria for the second spot. Reagan, Texas Senator John Tower and Florida Governor Claude Kirk figured less prominently in the speculation; if Nixon decided that he needed a man from the right to offset George Wallace's third-party appeal, he was expected to turn to them. But the betting favored someone from the liberal camp...
...dived right in and made the most of it." When asked a few weeks ago how he felt about the "dream tickets" that included his name, Lindsay quipped: "I do have bad dreams occasionally." But many Republicans were convinced that the mayor would jump at the second spot. "He has a good image now," noted a Rockefeller lieutenant, "but he knows he's sitting on a powder keg. Sooner or later, something is going to happen to make him look...
...cease-fire or withdrawal arrangements. Perhaps both the North Vietnamese and the U.S. would have little to say in any village arrangements honestly arrived at. Indeed, as agreements were reached, all foreigners might well be asked to leave the areas involved. Thus a system based on this new oil-spot theory might work to gradually lower the level of violence. It would have the liability of confirming Viet Cong control in areas they already own. By the same token, the government would have its rule in clearly held areas validated. And as Samuel P. Huntington, chairman of the department...
...division of troops already tied down in Nagaland, does not want to be encumbered by a cease-fire in dealing with the rebels if the trouble increases. More troops may well be needed, for some Nagas have reportedly been taken all the way to Viet Nam for on-the-spot observations of how guerrillas there bedevil U.S. forces...
Atlantic Richfield and Humble decided to try one more time at a spot near the Arctic Ocean at Prudhoe Bay. Working in -60° weather that snapped wrenches like matchsticks and froze the drilling equipment whenever work stopped, Atlantic as the working partner of the two brought in oil. The industry and the state of Alaska haven't been the same since. Competing companies who were about to pull out of the North Slope are renewing their efforts. The state government is talking about constructing a railroad and highway from Fairbanks, 390 miles away, to the North Slope fields...