Word: blundered
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...campaign has proceeded, Mondale has become more relaxed. He has also displayed a sense of humor of his own. To labor audiences, Mondale says: "A working person who would vote Republican is like a chicken who would vote for Colonel Sanders." After Ford made his blunder about Eastern Europe, Mondale had a story for the occasion. "When I was in Poland, a cab driver explained to me how the system worked. 'We have a fifty-fifty deal with the Russians: we send them coal and they send us snow...
...would be tragic if the investigations stretch out inconclusively until Nov. 2 and cast a pall of suspicion over the election. Yet there have been so many surprises in Campaign '76 that next week could bring some new blunder or fresh disclosure, tossing the contest once again topsy-turvy. No doubt Candidate Ford has been badly set back, but, given the nature of this election, the winner could turn out to be the man who makes the second-to-last goof...
...Ford moves into the convention with the nomination nearly guaranteed, he enjoys the prospect of far less blood-letting than was expected before Reagan's blunder. While Reagan was acting from personal motives in choosing Schweiker, last week's failure of that strategy may have served the G.O.P. well by contributing to the kind of unity Reagan professed to be seeking...
...week's California primary. But between now and the Republican Convention as Reagan and President Ford intensify their courtship of uncommitted delegates, Reagan's performance may indeed prove costly. What is already being snidely referred to as "Reagan's Rhodesian Expeditionary Force" is the sort of blunder that is not likely to persuade delegates that Reagan is a candidate who can succeed next November...
...working less than a full day. Sales have been hurt by the global recession and the astronomical rise of the Swiss franc on world money markets, which has added 70% to the dollar price of a Swiss watch since 1971. But the most ominous development has been a marketing blunder: Swiss watchmakers failed to appreciate the sales potential of electronic digital watches...