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The answers, which varied, were often attended by boos, hisses, and laughter, depending on the candidate's wit and politics.

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Off to a Fresh Start | 10/14/1978 | See Source »

King stood up on a platform, looking more than a bit confused, a man who obviously began the night with a concession speech in his pocket and hadn't found the time to waste on something as frivolous as a victory speech. He started in on a litany of campaign...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: The Friends of Ed King | 9/26/1978 | See Source »

The party over, I headed for the phones, not quite sure of what had happened. Maybe Father McLaughlin had a point with his theory about "middle-class issues," but it seemed that the boos for Dukakis were just a little bit louder than the cheers for Proposition 13 and the...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: The Friends of Ed King | 9/26/1978 | See Source »

When the irate murmurs died down, Marchais hit another target: his erstwhile comrade, Socialist Party Leader François Mitterrand. "When are we supposed to believe Mitterrand?" he asked rhetorically as boos filled the gym. The Socialist leader, he charged, planned to make a "gift" of $5.7 billion to "giant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Truffles and Flourishes | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

In mid-September dissenters met in Springfield, Colo., to launch a new national organization called American Agriculture. Ten days later, 2,000 farmers from 19 states gathered in Pueblo, Colo. When Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland came to address the group, some farmers greeted him with boos and catcalls. The farmers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Plowshares into Swords | 10/24/1977 | See Source »

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