Word: benefited
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...remodeling of a ramshackle storefront, teachers' salaries, books, and the expenses of street workers, who roam the ghetto, "rapping" (talking) with dropouts and actively recruiting them for the academies. In turn, the corporation receives a shingle with its name in front of the school and the abstract benefit of a presence in the ghetto...
...delegates (needed to nominate: 667). His strategy is to avert a first-ballot Nixon victory. This forces Rocky into an unspoken alliance with Reagan, who still dreams of leapfrogging a Nixon-Rockefeller deadlock to the nomination. Rockefeller's emphasis on the Wallace threat could redound, however, to Reagan's benefit among Southern Republicans. Southern delegates for Rocky are as rare as square marbles, but a fair number might go for Reagan on the theory that his conservatism might be an effective alternative to Wallace. When Rockefeller's aides boast about shaking some 40 delegates loose from Nixon in recent days...
Field Agents. If Rockefeller somehow succeeds in getting the nomination, his Miami Beach miracle could work to McCarthy's benefit because the Democrats might well have second thoughts with Rockefeller as an adversary. Like Rockefeller, McCarthy needs a deus ex machina. Like Rockefeller, he is trying to help Providence in a number of ways. His organization has proclaimed a "Month for McCarthy," a high-powered drive involving the dispersal of 55 field agents around the country to build up pressure on delegates. Telephone and letter-writing campaigns are being aimed at convention-bound Democrats. Lawsuits are being planned in some...
...hold him in contempt of court. But as Thomas Lambert of the American Trial Lawyers Association notes, "the glory of the jury is its beautiful lawlessness." It represents "the yeasty independence of the average man over officialdom." Perhaps mindful of such thoughts, Judge Lurie decided to give Solana the benefit of his doubt. He declared a mistrial and will start all over again with a new jury...
Seating space can expand the use of three dimensional objects with sittable stones and attractive benches. This would benefit merchants by allowing matrons to rest their aching legs and extend their shopping trips. Seating would further create convenient sports for conversations and meetings and facilitate people watching, an especially enjoyable sport in Cambridge...