Word: bernards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...George J. Church. Reported by Bernard Diederich/Panama and Christopher Redman/Washington
Bill Johnson, 18, cast the first vote of his life for the Republican candidate, businessman Bernard Epton, wearing a green Epton t-shirt, a "Democrats for Epton" badge, and one of the city's ubiquitous "Bigots for Bernie" buttons. He whispered his case against Washington in a corner of the Epton election night headquarters...
There may be other issues in the Chicago election in addition to the fact that Democrat Harold Washington, 60, an undistinguished Congressman with a disconcerting disregard for filing income tax returns happens to be black, and that Republican Bernard Epton, 61, an equally undistinguished former state legislator happens to be white. But it was getting increasingly hard to find any. The racial partisanship that dragged the mayoral race to a new low last week removed any doubt that next Tuesday's election was, alas, likely to turn out to be essentially a black-and-white matter...
...George Russell. Reported by Bernard Diederich/Managua and Martin Casey/Tegucigalpa
...mayoral nomination in Chicago, Byrne had offered herself as a write-in candidate in the April 12 general election, obviously hoping to attract the votes of white Democrats. Astonishingly, she apparently did not see that her candidacy was likely to draw white votes away from Republican Candidate Bernard Epton and ensure the election of Washington. Last week, with key campaign aides quitting and former Supporter Ted Kennedy stumping for Washington, Byrne, belatedly realizing she could not win, abruptly withdrew from the race. Her spoilsport campaign had gone nowhere...