Word: strategists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...should," said one delegate. Reagan supporters had prepared a three-page list of hot queries, but Ford was ready. One reason: a sympathetic delegate had slipped the White House an advance look at most of the questions. After Ford's successful trip, his chief Southern strategist, Harry Dent, said any attempt to get the delegation to buy the Schweiker candidacy would be "like trying to sell iceboxes to Eskimos...
...defense. The violence-preaching Harrises have been largely abandoned by the remnants of the militant left, and at the outset, they themselves ruled out any special fund raising efforts. That left the defense too pinched for elaborate investigation and preparation. The defendants, however, did have as their chief strategist Leonard Weinglass, veteran of the Chicago Seven trial, who was paid out of public funds. In addition, Bill Harris, 31, was permitted to represent himself; Emily, 29, was also active in the defense...
...Rick Wohlhuter thought the muscular Cuban had played right into his hands by speeding up the race when there were still 400 meters to go. But when Wohlhuter, usually a consummate 800 strategist, tried to overtake him as they turned into the final stretch, Juantorena just kept pouring it on. Wohlhuter fell back to third place in fatigue, his face contorted with pain and defeat as Juantorena muscled across the finish line and then skipped on in celebration...
...this, the Republicans thought they caught the scent of a likely victim. Said Kansas Senator Robert Dole, who will act as temporary chairman of the G.O.P. convention: "Carter is a Southern-fried McGovern or a Southern-fried Humphrey." Reagan Strategist Lyn Nofzinger beamed at the choice of Mondale. "We were very happy," he said...
ATLAS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Maps selection and commentary by Kenneth Nebenzahl, text by Don Higginbotham. 218 pages. Rand McNally. $35. For the armchair strategist who cannot visit the battlefields, or for anyone who simply wonders where all the shooting was, detailed maps drawn at the time are the only satisfactory way to get one's bearings. In this broad, rich book, Cartography Expert Nebenzahl has collected 54 maps of battle sites and cities, seacoasts and ship-filled harbors, and reproduced them in full color at great size (some map spreads are 15 in. by 20 in.). Beautiful, faithful...