Word: turning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ever before; he must heed their call or risk mortally offending them. Democratic officeholders are showing signs of panic at the prospect of running on a ticket headed by Carter. A New England poll indicates that there would be a 16-point difference in the number of Democrats who turn out to vote if Kennedy is at the top instead of Carter. Democratic Senators, in particular, feel endangered. Next year 24 of them are up for re-election out of the 34 seats at stake, and many are the kind of liberals who went down to defeat...
When it was Miss Lillian's turn to speak, she sweetly told the audience that if Kennedy runs,"I hope to goodness nothing happens to him. I really do." There was silence at the tactless reference to the Kennedy assassinations. Later Miss Lillian apologized to Carter staffers, who do not need any further mishaps...
Reagan dwelt upon a favorite theme from the past: the size and waste of Big Government. "The energy crisis is the doing of Government," he said, and Washington should "turn the oil industry loose in the marketplace." But then, as he neared the end of his remarks, he gave the party faithful a glimpse of the "new" candidate that his staff aides have been promising. Instead of urging an arms buildup against the Soviets, he called for a mutual cutback on strategic nuclear weapons...
...causes are many. For example, pharmaceutical companies overpromote the drugs among physicians, often giving out free samples. (Said one doctor dependent on Librium: "I couldn't see any patients until the mailman came. Where other doctors would read their mail, I ate mine." Physicians in turn often seem oblivious to the dangers of the drugs. When confronted with a patient who is mentally-rather than physically-distressed, they reach for the prescription pad. Says Pursch: "If a woman walks into her doctor's office and says, 'I'm nervous, my husband drinks too much...
...interested in the truths that lie on surfaces. These truths are not superficial, though they are frequently overlooked in an age partial to overexplanations and psychic temperature taking. A 19th century novelist of manners would have understood perfectly. Readers in the 21st century will too, when they turn to Wolfe to find out the kind of stuff their grandparents were made of. - R.Z. Sheppard...