Word: blitz
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Cleveland board of education. Pinkney opted to bypass the primary and run in the Nov. 2 general election with Stokes' support. But the important thing, Stokes told blacks, was first to defeat Garofoli. Stokes made his appeal by mail, by radio, by television and telephone. The blitz got Carney an estimated 53,000 black votes in the primary-the majority of his 74,000 winning total...
Public Blackmail. The Nationalist Chinese have been lobbying vigorously. In a recent two-month blitz, Taipei's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs H.K. Yang visited no fewer than 22 African capitals, all of which happened to be beneficiaries of Nationalist assistance programs; 19 of the African delegations, officials claim, are in Taipei...
During the London blitz, Barrister Cyril Conner retained a serene confidence in his country's future. It was his daughter's future that concerned him. "Promise me something," he asked the smashing little redhead. "Promise me you'll never marry a saxophonist from Budapest...
Escalating Spectacle. Four months ago, the jury was finally ready to present its conclusions. Amid rumors of high-level indictments, there was a blitz of legal maneuvering by Hanrahan and lawyers for some of the police. Their goal: to disband Sears' jury or at least to head off public announcement of its charges. For his part, Judge Power ordered the grand jury to hear more witnesses. Sears refused to comply, saying that the judge had no authority to make the jury do so. Enraged, Power then cited Sears for contempt and fined him $50 an hour round the clock...
...also passed a box through the crowd, asking for a special contribution: drugs. The box came back filled with marijuana, pills and LSD; it was turned over to the flabbergasted cops. This month, Blessitt is really testing Jesus' power. He is in New York City for a three-month blitz among the pimps, prostitutes and porno shops of Times Square for which he hopes to recruit as many as 3,000 young helpers. So far he has had only one unnerving setback. A streetwalker told him that she had worn one of his bright red stickers (TURN ON TO JESUS...