Word: stumping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Indeed, Dole's greatest asset on the stump has turned out to be his humor. But Ford did not select Dole as his running mate just for the laughs he might bring. A former G.O.P. national chairman, Dole can peel skin as well as tickle ribs. Dole accuses Carter of vaulting ambition and questions his "weird performance, his judgment" in the wake of the Playboy interview...
...century since an Ohio Senator offered that advice to future President James Garfield, few have taken it more seriously than the present aspirants to the White House. Whether at the debates or on the stump, both Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford appear to be auditioning for Mount Rushmore. Their few attempts at humor have been elephantine or asinine, a condition that may make nearly half the electorate boycott the polling booths next month...
Heading into today's game against Princeton (1-2 in the Ivies, 5-4 overall), Ford continues to spew out the same old stump speeches explaining the team's bad fortunes that he has used throughout the Crimson's dismal fall campaign...
...turning point in this election, I think this week may very well have been just that." Carter has lately seemed more at ease after revising his scheduling system so that he works shorter hours and suffers less from fatigue. He has also become more forceful on the stump. According to a survey by TIME correspondents, Carter already holds a comfortable lead in electoral votes, with 273 v. Ford...
...mesh with Carter's carpetbaggers and with his Atlanta headquarters. Now that the polls show Carter is in danger of losing, some party leaders are more likely to submerge their jealousies in the interest of capturing the White House. Carter be came markedly more aggressive on the stump, refocusing attention on what is his strongest issue: the economy. He was aided by some dismal statistics showing that 2.5 million Americans last year sank below the poverty line ($5,469 for a nonfarm family of four) and by reports from economists that recovery has slowed during the third quarter...