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...strategy sessions. Connally later told newsmen that he has detected "fear" and "uncertainty" about Carter, and Ford quickly seconded him, indicating that he will try to exploit this feeling. Connally also made light of Ford's gap in the polls, declaring that it was "no hill for a stepper." Ford added that he believed the American people wanted "somebody with experience" conducting foreign policy, not "somebody whose name they didn't know a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: The First Whiffs of Grapeshot | 9/6/1976 | See Source »

...capture that quality, Clarke conscientiously lunched with Minnelli in New York, spent hours interviewing her at her hotel suite, and traveled to San Juan to catch her nightclub act and do a bit of pub-crawling with her and her friends. Minnelli is always a fast-stepper, and one Sunday night after a particularly exhausting performance, she changed clothes, gathered her friends and set out to sample San Juan night life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 28, 1972 | 2/28/1972 | See Source »

...experts praise his durability and elusiveness, as well as "tha∧t l∧something that can't be taught: the knack of picking and cutting his way through! the line." Moore is "one of the most graceful big men you'll ever see, a real high-stepper, a streaker in the mold of O.J. Simpson." He has the speed (4.5 sec. in the 40-yd. dash) to break away for the long gainer and the sure hands that may prompt the pros to switch him to wide receiver. Other runners admired by scouts are Jeff Kinney, Nebraska...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: TIME'S All-America Team: The Pick of the Pros | 12/20/1971 | See Source »

...jungle of concession stands below. He is jostled and stepped on, but with luck he may emerge clinging to a lukewarm cup of coffee. The real casualties are those who push to the front of a stand to discover that only Cokes are sold there. Although the fast stepper may return in time to hear the Band's final fanfare, most of those waiting below don't realize there is such a thing as a second-half kickoff...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trick or Treat | 10/30/1954 | See Source »

...earth did you take that old nag? Look at my coolie! There's a high stepper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Ricksha Men's Petition | 4/15/1946 | See Source »

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