Word: styles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Republicans may also cast an eye toward Texas, where former Governor John Connally, 59, the backslid Democrat, has his eyes on 1980. A spellbinding speaker who looks as well as talks like a President (at least a Texas-style President), he stumped the Lone-Star State with Ford and traveled nationwide on behalf of his new party's congressional candidates. Big John has many assets, including an idea (usually conservative) to match almost every problem and plenty of free time and money. But Ford's loss of Texas, on top of Connally's old wheeler-dealer reputation...
...massive lead, Ford's strategists put together a detailed campaign plan in the weeks before the Republican Convention. The carefully crafted 120-page document advised the President to resist his natural impulse to campaign and instead to stay put in the White House. He lacked the style to win on the hustings; his best bet was to appear presidential while Carter got into trouble on the road. "You cannot overcome the Carter lead on your own no matter what you do," the report warned with almost brutal candor. "You are not now perceived as being a strong, decisive leader...
Sasser, 40, a successful lawyer with a folksy campaign style, was Democratic state chairman when he decided to try to win back the seat Brock had wrested from Albert Gore in 1970. Sasser backed Jimmy Carter for the presidential nomination; when he won it, Sasser's chances improved markedly, since Carter quickly established an enormous lead in Tennessee. Brock still led narrowly in the polls when Sasser attacked his failure to disclose his finances; heir to a candy fortune, Brock was described by Sasser as "the candy man from Lookout Mountain." Fighting back, Brock tried to link Sasser...
...seemed as though the environment dominated Harvard's style of play. Their performance, like the field, was sloppy. Harvard's offense was frustrated by dropped passes and numerous penalties, and the defense was plagued by the periodic loss of its ability to defend...
...approach is supposedly modeled on the London Times, but it looks rather like the Philadelphia Inquirer. The designer introduced a new style logotype for items like the front page News Digest, Weather, and Good News items, as well as for the various columns. They are in the form of thin white lettering on a black capsule shaped background. Despite the new look, the overall appearance of the paper is still somehow darker and bolder than the almostly sedately gray Globe...