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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...debilitating illness that hindered his ability to speak or walk without some form of assistance. Through the workings of his publicity-oriented office and the efforts of his highly-capable, highly-ambitious first assistant, John F. Kerry, Droney created the facade of an active crime-buster seeking another term...
...struggle with inflation. "I do not have all the answers," he admitted. "Nobody does." He conceded frankly: "We have tried to control it, but we have not been successful." His new policy, he said, "is almost certain not to succeed if success means quick or dramatic changes. A long-term disease requires long-term treatment." But he pleaded: "It is up to us to make the improvements we can, even at the risk of partial failure, rather than to ensure failure by not trying...
...take care of the debt service and to give him an additional $100,000 each year he serves as Governor. Jake quickly declined the offer, lamely insisting that his brother really meant to say only that he would help pay "any debts incurred by my trust during my term in office...
...G.O.P. leaders in Michigan, fearing they would lose the seat to a Democrat, urged Griffin to reconsider. So too did rank-and-file Republicans, who sent him thousands of cards and letters. Suddenly, last February, the Senator changed his mind and declared that he would seek a third term in the November election...
Illinois Republican Charles Percy never had any qualms about running for a third term in the Senate. Nor did he have any doubt that he would be reelected. Through the summer and fall Percy, 59, enjoyed a huge 20-point lead in the polls over his obscure Democratic rival, Alex Seith, 44, a Chicago lawyer who had never before run for office. Percy scheduled only three weeks of heavy campaigning just before the election and expected a landslide victory, perhaps bigger than his 2-to-l triumph...