Word: subtractions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Connally as an economics expert struck some professionals as odd; the man is simply not known in New York financial circles. Bradbury K. Thurlow, an investment analyst with Wall Street's Hoppin, Watson & Co., said of Connally: "I never knew that he knew how to add and subtract." Several of Connally's predecessors however agreed privately that financial expertise is not a primary prerequisite, so long as Connally retains the Treasury's skillful top technicians or picks other equally competent experts to guide...
...less tangible but equally important White House stakes involved. The Republicans now govern 32 states, the Democrats only 18, and of the 35 being contested this year, 24 are Republican. Therefore, the Republican risk-through simple mathematical vulnerability-is great, and each loss, particularly in key industrial states, will subtract from the organizational muscle that the President will need for his expected 1972 re-election bid. In his concentration this year on the House and, above all, the Senate races, Nixon only belatedly began to lend help to Republican gubernatorial contenders...
That children trained in the new math won't know how to add or subtract by the time they get to college...