Word: suburb
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...McCarthy campaign in 1968 was that it attracted only these suburban types, and failed to reach out beyond them to urban America and its more earthy concerns. Because of this, George McGovern has always tried to identify himself more with Robert Kennedy, who could forge the alliance between the suburb and the city, than with McCarthy. That "unholy alliance" is the key to success for any significant left-wing movement in the mainstream of American politics, and since February, creating it has been McGovern's primary...
There happens to be a pool table in the White House, but Julie Nixon Eisenhower has never used it. Still, Julie didn't hesitate when, visiting a home for senior citizens in a Cleveland suburb, she saw a pool table. She chalked up, promptly missed two shots in a row. Later, at a speech to a Kiwanis women's meeting in Columbus, Julie offered to put her life on the line for Dad and country. Asked if she would be "willing to die for the Thieu regime" in South Viet Nam, Julie answered, "Yes, I would," and went...
Contract disputes often centered on issues that were not merely monetary. In the Boston suburb of Somerville, for example, some 500 teachers struck after being ordered to handle seven rather than six classes a day. Frequently the issue was job security, a key concern of teachers at a time of a shrinking job market. Chicago, for instance, had three applicants for each of 3,000 openings for new teachers. According to the National Education Association, about half of the 234,000 men and women who graduated from teacher training programs last June have not been able to find teaching positions...
...without his family ties. Generally acknowledged as the country's brightest young business leader, he works a twelve-to 14-hour day and spends half his time traveling to some of the more than 100 countries where Volvo does business. Says Gyllenhammar: "If you put me in a suburb and gave me a six-hour day, I'd have a heart attack...
...November she will face Republican candidate Howard Miller and Boston City Councilman John J. Moakley, who bypassed the Democratic primary to run as an independent in the general election. Because the new district--which extends from Dover St. in Roxbury to Dover, an upper middle class suburb--is heavily Democratic. Miller should not be much of a threat. Moakley, who won last year's City Council race with 94,000 votes, is expected to be a dangerous challenger...