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...making his formal announcement in the Senate Caucus Room, Baker stressed the need for a "President who knows Washington well enough to change Washington," because "surely we cannot withstand still more Washington inexperience." He billed himself as the candidate "who can win in the South and in the North, on the farms and in the cities, with the whites and with the black Americans, with the old and the young." He talked tough about the Soviets. Approval of SALT, he declared, would "guarantee to the Soviet Union the margin for error that used to be ours." He said the nation...
...giveaway of tax money to the oil companies that would perpetuate their control of our energy supply for decades to come. It will be devilishly tempting for the government to do obeisance to the private sector and accede to the latter outcome. Our leaders may find the courage to withstand this powerful compulsion in a campaign that brands the oil companies "un-American" and paints a federally-owned oil corporation as an all-American answer. Activists should not be embarrassed about draping their proposals in the American flag. There are a number of ways a publicly-owned oil firm could...
...chiropractor, Dr. Curtis Langer, deals with structural alignment, which of course affects muscle balance," Forman says. "After just two weeks he had me back on light workouts and now for the first time in almost three years I feel confident that my body can withstand the pressure of constant rigorous workouts...
...room. They swept Cincinnati out of the playoff with the same gusto, twice fighting through extra innings to beat the Reds. In the final game the Pirates crushed Cincinnati 7-1 under a barrage of hitting and Bert Blylevin's seamless pitching. It took four Reds pitchers to withstand the first four innings, as First Baseman Willie Stargell and Third Baseman Bill Madlock hit home runs and Stargell added a two-run double to settle matters. Stargell, at the vintage age of 38, hit .455 with two home runs and six RBIs and was the unanimous playoff...
...started, sales of these relics have, in lacocca's words, "been dropping like a rock." In this year's second quarter, unit sales were down 28% at Chrysler, compared with 27% at Ford and 15% at General Motors. GM and Ford, being bigger, are better able to withstand downturn. Also, they normally manufacture cars only after dealers order them; alone among the Big Three, Chrysler until recently produced autos essentially on speculation and then tried to market them to dealers. Because its dealers' lots are overflowing with slow-selling cars, Chrysler has been forced...