Word: campaigning
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...over the past year, with prices down a third since last summer to their lowest level since the late 1990s. Farmers planted 22% fewer acres in 2009, but U.N. officials say Afghan poppies are now higher-yielding: overall production dipped only 10%, prompting the report to call the NATO campaign to eradicate opium crops a "failure." Afghanistan produces the raw opium for more than 90% of the world's heroin...
...Harvard sailing team opened its year-round campaign last weekend in rather familiar waters, as the Crimson traveled to four regattas throughout New England. With the graduation of many key contributors from last season, Harvard is looking to use these early-season fall events to ready itself for the championship portion of its schedule in the spring and summer.“The seniors last year were huge assets to the team,” junior crew Grace Charles said. “They provided great leadership and we will miss them, but we have many freshmen this season ready...
...championed a legislative amendment to launch a pilot food-stamp program to be run by the Agriculture Department. While the Eisenhower Administration showed little interest in the idea, President Kennedy's election the following year marked a major turning point: moved by the abject poverty he witnessed on the campaign trail in West Virginia, Kennedy authorized a three-year food-stamp program beginning in 1961. Following in McFiggin's footsteps, Mr. and Mrs. Alderson Muncy of Paynesville, W.Va., inaugurated the Kennedy-era program, buying a can of pork and beans on May 29, 1961, to help feed their 15-person...
...accident on the bridge to Chappaquiddick, an unexplained crash that claimed the life of a young worker on his brother Bobby's campaign, Mary Jo Kopechne - and forever tainted his political career: "That night on Chappaquiddick Island ended in a horrible tragedy that haunts me every day of my life. I had suffered sudden and violent loss far too many times, but this night was different. This night I was responsible. It was an accident, but I was responsible...
...liking so that even if it gets rammed through the committee with Democratic base-pleasing measures he won't vote for, the bill can be reworked to gain his support on the Senate floor. That would give Dodd the political cover he needs for his 2010 re-election campaign, but would also give the Administration the Republican support they need for a solid legislative win. And it would give Shelby his landmark piece of legislation...