Word: beene
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Above all else, the Vietnam argument aided Lindsay because it aroused the hawk in Marchi-Marchi who had been making what are called in the trade "quiet gains." Generally a cool customer, intelligent-sounding and sensible-looking, Marchi got a fair amount of mileage from being the realistic candidate.
The Daily News straw poll, which has never missed a mayoralty race, seems to attest to this fact in giving Lindsay 44 per cent, Procaccino 33 per cent and Marchi 20 per cent-with a startlingly small 3 per cent undecided. Observers have occasionally faulted the News polling techniques, but...
In many American cities, however, Lindsay would have to face a run-off. New York, which has retained partisan municipal elections in the face of a trend away from them, requires only a plurality at all stages of the event. The Lindsay camp has made much of the fact that...
Mayor Lindsay has been extraordinary for his good sense and courage under fire, but he has remained essentially within the bounds of conventional liberal politics-preoccupied with the problems of social equity in the welfare state.
The Crimson, meanwhile, managed to regroup late in the final period, and returned home thankful that an overtime melee had not been necessary.