Word: stump
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...freshman Senator has made no move toward the presidency. But on the stump he is probably the most ap pealing of the party's fresh faces, and that could turn out to be a prized asset in the eyes of the pros...
...does this by rallying the support of a lot of black college students with a political speech that combines about equal portions of sentiment and gags. The kids, enchanted, get out and stump for Grace's neighbor friend. It may not be much, but at least it has Moms...
...seat in years. An attractive divorcee who worked as an aide to the late Governor Winthrop Rockefeller, she promised not to mention the incident in her campaigning. But in a district where voters take the Sabbath so seriously that Mrs. Petty's campaign manager has refused to let her stump on Sundays, the damage has already been done...
While Gilligan is a mite arrogant and precious, Rhodes is boisterous and backslapping on the stump. But if he puts voters at ease, he avoids the press like a rare disease, convinced that reporters are out to get him. The liberal Gilligan has been opulently financed by organized labor, the conservative Rhodes has had to make do with small contributions. It may be close, but Gilligan is ahead by 10 points or more...
...families as politics. Witness Pat Nixon in virtual exile at San Clemente. "We are worried about Pat," an associate of the Nixons confides. "She has not been in touch with any of her close friends. It's not like her." Witness Eleanor McGovern, once again on the stump in South Dakota, confessing with her customary candor: "I would like to have had another year before campaigning...