Word: complexion
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Vander Jagt started nearly two years ago collecting data on the Democratic leaders' voting records and the political complexion of their districts. He believes that nearly all of the Democrats have grown soft from lack of serious opposition over the years and can be beaten. He insists that there is nothing personal in the assault. Says he: "I consider myself good friends with all of these fellows. I feel close to them, warm. I won't say a bad word about them. But I will speak for their Republican challengers...
...Vander Jagt, who was the keynote speaker at the Republican National Convention, is Mo Udall, 58, who was the Democratic keynoter. Admits Bruce Wright, Udall's campaign manager: "The Republicans smell blood this time." The ten-term Congressman's chief problem is the rapidly shifting political complexion of his district. It includes Tucson, which is part of Pima County. The county normally accounts for about 80% of the district's votes, and its population has soared from 275,000 to 531,885 during Udall's 19 years in Congress. Many of the newcomers are retired people...
...writer is Capote himself, of course, a weird little man who has taken his floppy hats, bald chin and rat's voice and escaped his chic playpen. He has returned to America's dusty trails, where his eyes are accustomed to the darkness and his complexion can bear the heat...
...feet, dark hair, broad shoulders, tan complexion, blue eyes, strong as a bull. Let's put it this way: I look like that guy in the shirt ads, but without the eye patch...
...Spice or witch hazel. Some pinstripe business executives are now canceling their three-martini lunches and scurrying across town to meet their wives at the skin-care salon for his-and-her noontime facials. For macho males, from Wall Street bankers to Los Angeles construction workers, a smooth, clear complexion has become as prized and pursued as a 32-inch waist and a ruddy...