Word: bound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After losing the final round last week, Jackson praised the nature of Dukakis' surprisingly successful campaign -- but said he would remain in the race and fight for delegates not formally bound to other candidates. That tactic had some precedent, but Jackson's demand for first-refusal rights to the vice-presidential nomination did not. It was a noticeable hardening of his responses on the subject. Earlier in the campaign, he dismissed the second slot as irrelevant. More recently, he argued that his strong showing had earned him "consideration...
...protesters never made it. About 40,000 combat police, wielding clubs and tossing tear-gas canisters, blocked the roadways and chased militants who tried to catch north-bound trains. Some demonstrators fought back with rocks and fire bombs. By week's end more than 800 students had been taken in for questioning...
...fire from outraged Civil War buffs, including Actor Charlton Heston and former White House Spokesman Jody Powell, a descendant of nine Manassas veterans. Ground where 4,200 soldiers gave their lives, say the preservationists, should not be overwhelmed by noise, traffic and pollution from up to 85,000 mall-bound cars...
...Durban's best beaches for whites only. The beaches were the scene of confrontations between blacks and whites last summer. After his refusal to endorse the segregation plan, Klotz was suspended for "acting disloyally and contrary to the interests" of the party. Declaring that he was "duty bound to act in the interests of all the citizens," the mayor resigned his membership...
...people are missing the point about the 1960s. Then, people believed that anything and everything was possible. That belief bound together everything that was good and horrible within the movement," says Miller...