Word: talbott
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Election Day will end months of campaigning, not only by the candidates but also by a pursuing army of some 200 reporters (see THE PRESS). To represent TIME, Chief of Correspondents Murray Gart assigned two teams of Washington staffers: Dean Fischer, Strobe Talbott and Christopher Ogden to the Ford-Dole campaign; Stanley Cloud, Bonnie Angelo and John F. Stacks to Carter-Mondale-and sometimes the correspondents have switched from one campaign to the other to get a fresh perspective. For this week's issue, both candidates gave exclusive interviews to TIME (see THE NATION...
White House Correspondents Fischer and Talbott have been just as busy following Ford from coast to coast. The logistics of the schedule, Fischer finds, can present peculiar problems, like having to surrender his luggage the night before an early-morning flight. Says he: "Sometimes I end up having to carry a toothbrush, razor and shaving cream in my raincoat pocket." Holder of a master's degree in history from the University of Chicago, Fischer has covered three presidential campaigns and feels that this one is "far and away the most interesting because of the uncertainty." Despite the pace...
...neck race nearing a finish, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter talked at length with TIME about their campaigns, in effect making a final plea to the voters. Aboard Air Force One, between campaign stops, the President chatted with Chief of Correspondents Murray Gart and Correspondents Dean Fischer and Strobe Talbott. While riding in a car from Plains to Albany, Ga., Carter spoke with Gart and Correspondent Stanley Cloud...
...kind of character witness. Just as Plains, Ga. (pop. 683), is typical of the Deep South, small-town style, Grand Rapids, Mich. (pop. 195,000), epitomizes many of the enduring qualities that typify the Midwest. TIME Detroit Bureau Chief Edwin Reingold visited Grand Rapids, while White House Correspondent Strobe Talbott talked with Ford's friends from his home town on the White House staff. Their report...
...Midwestern origins, conservative instincts, self-made careers-and yet seemed so far apart. Now that they were down to the climactic moment, what were the moods and attitudes of the Republican contenders? To find out, TIME asked its correspondents who have followed them most closely in the campaign. Strobe Talbott reported on Gerald Ford and Dean Fischer on Ronald Reagan (see box next page...