Word: arizonas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have so many certifiably solid prospects? An important reason is that the Republicans have controlled White House patronage for all but four years since 1968. Dole and Heckler, for example, owe much of their present prominence to Cabinet positions, and O'Connor would probably still be an Arizona Court of Appeals judge if not for the 1980 Republican victory. Even before feminism took hold, the G.O.P. had a large core of female party activists ready to step into high-profile posts. In part this was a function of demographics: Waspy, well-to-do women tended to be Republicans...
...State Representative Tony Van Vliet of Oregon. Lottery enthusiasts, however, contend that different games attract different players. New York's high-stakes Lotto seems to be the pick of the upper and middle classes, while three-and four-digit numbers games appeal to a more downscale market. In Arizona, a state-funded study found that lottery regulars are predominantly white males with a median age of 36 and a household income of $20,000. Says Charlie Buri, who voted against Arizona's lottery but now serves as its director: "People aren't taking the bread and milk...
...legislatures as they are to hopeful ticket buyers. But for both, they offer at best an unreliable source of income. The games generate a rush of enthusiasm, with revenues to match, when they are first legalized. But interest and profits soon sag unless new versions are introduced. In 1981 Arizona's opening game pulled in a robust $5.4 million a week; by its second year, the take had plummeted to $900,000. (It now averages $1.2 million a week.) "In lottery operations, you have to keep innovating to be successful," says Douglas Gordon, executive director of the Washington...
Miller, a nurse, enrolled at the K-School after four years as associate director of Scottsdale (Arizona) Memorial Hospital's nursing division. She has published articles, on Black American child-rearing practices, sickle cell anemia, and the academic hiring and tenure process...
...support among whites. You don't get 13% of the vote in Connecticut, with a 6% black population, with just black votes. You don't get 13% of the vote in Arizona, 3% black, with just black votes. This campaign has consistently attracted more nonblack votes than Hart has attracted nonwhite votes...