Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Another of Ferraro's strengths turned out to be a star-quality ability to attract crowds, which were consistently larger than forecast in her many miles of travel: 15,000 in Seattle; 18,000 in Atlanta; 50,000 in Amherst, Mass. In fact, stop for stop, she frequently outdrew Mondale. That was doubtless due in part to the novelty of her candidacy, but Ferraro also became a consummate pro at working audiences, acknowledging chants of "Gerry! Gerry!" with a rakish wave and confident smile...
...Republican Governor John Spellman, 57, who was initially considered the favorite in his bid for a second term. But in September, Tacoma-area County Executive Booth Gardner, 48, came out of nowhere not only to win the Democratic nomination in the state's open primary but also to attract enough crossover Republican votes to embarrass the Governor. Gardner, heir to a Weyerhaeuser lumber fortune, styles himself a "citizen politician." He traveled through the state like a breath of fresh Cascades air, accusing Spellman of creating buck-passing commissions to deal with fiscal problems. Spellman fought back by claiming that...
...Ferraro broke new ground for women, said Klein, making the women's perspective more valid. Women candidates will now be taken seriously and attract funding for their campaigns now, she added...
...second annual "24 Hours for Survival," held at the First Congregational Church on Garden St. and sponsored by the 400 strong New England Writers for Survival (NEWS), was scheduled to attract such luminaries as John Kenneth Galbraith. Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus, and Pulitzer Prize winning biographer Justin Kaplan...
...order to attract the moderate voter once again, the Democratic party must deemphasize its goal of creating a better world; Americans are unwilling to sacrifice their own fortunes to solve national problems. Mondale was thrashed after his campaign of "decency." Words of pragmatism and responsibility serve only to alienate. The people want to hear more optimism and good cheer...