Word: controller
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...events have a way of intruding on the best-managed campaigns, suddenly placing the candidates at the mercy of happenings largely beyond their control. If the economic indicators go up, as they did last week, Carter presumably benefits. Nobody can yet predict what will happen in the Persian Gulf war or who might gain from it. Carter might appear statesmanlike in his role as Commander in Chief, or he might seem inept because of his inability to influence events...
...factor in most of the critical big states, largely beyond the control of either Carter or Reagan, is the independent candidacy of John Anderson. The Illinois Congressman appears to be slipping in the polls, as third-party candidates generally do; the question is where his votes are going. So far, they seem to have gone mainly to Reagan, probably because Anderson has moved leftward on many issues. But the Congressman's staunchest support is thought to come from liberals deserting Carter. Thus, the Republicans, though believing that Anderson may be hurting them in some areas, are generally rooting...
...Reagan, largely at the expense of Anderson, who had been getting as much as 18% in the polls but who now has begun slipping-a sign that disenchanted Democrats may be coming home. Admits a top G.O.P. strategist: "We feel that we don't have a lot of control in this state. As John goes, so go we." Democrats, however, worry that Anderson could swing New York to Reagan if he took as little as 10% of the state's vote...
...under its own laws, must pass by Sept. 15 a resolution detailing how much the Government can count on taking in through taxes, how much it can spend, and how big a deficit it can figure on running in the new fiscal year. This election year, the Democrats, who control both houses of Congress, could not bring themselves to admit that recession and inflation would push the balanced budget, which they had agreed on proudly in the spring, into deficit by at least $40 billion. Republicans obviously would not help them out of their dilemma. Scoffed Senate Republican Leader Howard...
Still, there could be no denying that Iraq was in control of a 30-mile swatch of Iranian territory east of the Shatt al Arab, the 120-mile-long border waterway that empties into the Persian Gulf. There, on the ground, the rival forces were locked in battle at four critical locations...