Word: strains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sudden rise and fall in national Democratic politics was one of the odder chapters of recent American politics, surely sufficiently swift to give any man the psychic bends. In his cheeriness, there was some suggestion that Eagleton himself might have had doubts about his ability to take the strain. But overall, he endured his abrupt anointment and excommunication with thoroughbred resilience. As he left the Senate after his final session with McGovern, Eagleton insisted upon shaking hands with a dozen onlookers on the street: "Goodnight folks. Vote for McGovern...
...treatment. What about theirs?" Chicago Mayor Richard Daley was compassionate. "All of us are sick sometimes," he said. "Many people become seriously ill, but they come back and carry on their activities very successfully and capably." The underlying, widespread worry was whether Eagleton would be equal to the strain if he should succeed to the presidency. Portland Lawyer Robert Duncan, a Democrat active in Oregon politics, spoke for many: "I think what will worry people is this stress problem. They will all see him standing eyeball to eyeball with Russia-and then going out and getting shock treatment...
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Bowyer agreed that lack of sufficient plans had put a financial strain on Kanavos. "He's been cooperative to date," Bowyer said. "We've got to try to accelerate construction of the road if we're going to ask Kanavos to relocate the building," he added...
Inner Fury. The effect is devastating. In Fischer's assault on the world title, each of his last three opponents asked for postponements because of nervous strain. Invariably, Bobby's victims say that they were defeated because they were playing "below strength." "People have been playing me below strength for 15 years," says Fischer scornfully. "There is some strange magnetic influence in Bobby," says Soviet Grand Master Yuri Aver-bakh, "that spiritually wrecks his opponents...