Word: campaigning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mayor of Washington in the November 1990 elections. If so, it failed. While declaring once again that he had "no plans" to run in that election, he noted that "my real interest is serving and building a coalition as a communicator." One adviser notes that since the last presidential campaign, Jackson has been looking for a "steady platform" that would keep him in the public eye. There has never been a conflict in Jackson's ability to talk, talk, talk while he runs, runs, runs...
Will the secretariat's campaign to block the ban succeed? Probably not, since the international momentum to do something for the elephant is strong. But little is certain. "I foresee chaos," says a spokesman for Botswana. In the final days leading up to the meeting, lobbying efforts by both sides reached a frenzied level. The vote in Lausanne will not be unanimous, and any prohibition of ivory trading will be at best a patchwork. As long as southern African nations such as Zimbabwe and Botswana refuse to accept the ban, ivory will be available for sale...
...could be embarrassed by this wonderful kid? In the opening episode Corky enters a "mainstream" high school for the first time. By the second episode he is running for class president. True, the campaign is launched as a joke by cruel classmates, but Corky turns it into a rousing, and rather implausible, plea for the handicapped. "We have a life, we have dreams, we have hopes," runs his big speech at a school assembly. "We laugh and cry, just like you. All we want is a chance to be your friend." Result: a standing ovation and a narrow loss...
...GSAS admissions office can best provide general information. Its year-old minority scholar recruitment campaign, which provides admissions advice as well as financial aid and cost of living stipend information, deserves increased funding from the University...
Goalie Bryan Martin anchors a solid Yale defense. The senior netminder has stopped 84 percent of opponents' shots for a goals-against average of 1.24. More impressively, Yale has recorded four shutouts this campaign...