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Together the two states command 66 electoral votes, about one-quarter of the total Carter needs for success on election...
...contenders who has actually spent time with guerrillas in the field and, reportedly, has even taken part in cross-border raids. But Mugabe is not necessarily the dominant figure in the guerrilla movement. Guerrilla military operations are apparently planned and executed by a largely anonymous 18-member high command that sticks close to the base camps in Mozambique...
...Editor Jerrold Schecter, who accompanied Schlesinger on his tour, "the trip was an opportunity to demonstrate their ultimate weapon: the Chinese people. They did it at every turn, lining the roadsides with militia guards in Inner Mongolia and showing Schlesinger vast tunnel networks built on Chairman Mao's command to 'Dig tunnels deeply, store grain and never seek hegemony. At least for the time being, the Chairman's spirit is still in command...
...that nothing will be talked about as an advertisement. The less memory of slickness left in people's minds, the more we will have accomplished." Example of MacDougall's unslick touch: Ford never wears makeup. One 5-min. piece is a biography of the President, stressing his command positions, from Eagle Scout to football captain to House minority leader. A 60-sec. commercial, aired last week, describes the nation's recuperation from Watergate and offers a new slogan: "President Ford. He's making us proud again...
...other members of a national family and gaining simple retribution in return. The bitterness remains, even now, as a legacy. Ask someone from, say, Barnwell County, South Carolina about the War Between the States; he or she might tell you that if only Hooker had been relieved of his command earlier, if only Stonewall had done this or that... There is some meaning in the ancient secession and war, both black and white Southerners know--but they are unsure what...