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Word: chaff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...revelations will be gleaned from the wisdom that its 200,000 or so voters bestow. More than two candidates will claim victories, moral or otherwise, and at least one will call it quits. The primary, as is its wont, will mark a watershed in this campaign, separate wheat from chaff, get the ball rolling, shift the momentum, be the straw that broke the camel's back or prove the turning point. But no matter how it turns out, New Hampshire will be judged by the mythos which have surrounded this poly-sci microcosm and given it the dubious privilege...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: The Quadrennial Quest | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

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