Word: tunneys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stars of this production are John Tunney, 42, the able if cautious incumbent who possesses the second most dazzling set of teeth in politics...
Hayakawa, 70, the incautious anti-Establishmentarian, whose thin mustache appears to be a reluctant concession to the hairy types he used to do battle with on the San Francisco State College campus, where he was president during the strife-torn late '60s. In campaign appearances, the too earnest Tunney has an answer to every question, often couched in; the type of Senate-ese that Semanticist Hayakawa believes the voters no longer even try to understand...
...think of anything that interests me less." He told another audience: "U.S. Senators don't know everything. For every damn Senator, there are 57 subjects they don't know a damn thing about." Such political humanizing goes down well, but it may have its limitations. The Tunney camp is confident that flip responses to serious questions will sooner or later turn off voters now turned on by Hayakawa's insouciance...
While the Republicans were willing to accept a quirky non-pol, Democratic voters chose the competent if bland alternative. They renominated Incumbent John Tunney, 41, who withstood a rough challenge from Tom Hayden, once the kind of radical youth leader warred upon by Hayakawa...
Still, Wisconsin and Massachusetts encourage job sharing among state employees. The practice will grow if the Federal Government does the same. Last July the Senate approved a bill by California's John Tunney requiring that 10% of all federal job slots be sharable within five years. A twin proposal by California Representative Yvonne Burke languishes in a House subcommittee, but Nelson hopes that his hearings will spur the White House into activity. "I think the Government ought to be providing more creative leadership," he says. "With 2.8 million employees, we're in a position...