Word: tuned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...East assignment last April, but when he discovered that his down-home diplomatic style did not produce quick results, he grew restless. Spurred on by White House Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan and Confidant Charles Kirbo, Carter again asked Strauss to take charge of his re-election effort. This tune the former Democratic Party chairman agreed, but demanded the freedom to run the campaign as he saw fit. Carter's reply, says Strauss, was "to sign over a power of attorney. He told me to go into business and just get him re-elected...
...Crimson took the field Saturday before a soggy and disappointing crowd of 7500 for the final home game of '79. At first, it looked like the gridders would play that familiar losing tune: "We Left Our Execution in Dillon Field House...
Carter has denounced both OPEC and the oil companies repeatedly, writhing resentfully when accused on being the industry's man in D.C. Yet, he alone must bear responsibility for letting OPEC set the tune on oil prices, and for handing the oil companies hundreds of billions of dollars in excess profits...
...bombs the previous night, a dozen policemen braced for trouble. Shots rang out, and soon army reinforcements arrived in armored personnel carriers, firing at the activists and running over bystanders in the process, "People were falling like pins in a bowling alley," said one horrified shopkeeper. By the tune the shooting ended six hours later, the streets were littered with 32 bodies, and the country had slipped one step closer to anarchy...
Baker's late start, however is more a measure of his strength than of his weakness, his supporters say. "They've all been campaigning for a year now and Dad has had a job. Sure he's got a late start but he's in tune with Congress everyday," she added. And indeed his extensive Washington experience could well be a strong asset in 1980 after the failures of outsider Jimmy Carter. Baker will have a tough time in the midwest and the west considering the host of Republican contenders from that area such as Rep. John Anderson...