Word: choses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Frank Childress '86 said he voted for McGovern for similar reasons. "He's been in the news for the last 14 years, and I'm familiar with the name. That's why I chose McGovern," he explained...
...Many of these voters switched their allegiance to Hart. At the same time, thousands of the undecided joined the Hart stampede. Half the voters decided in the last week, and more than half of this group decided for Hart. Those who made up their minds on the final weekend chose Hart over Mondale by 67% to 10%. Even Hart's aides were stunned by the enormous voter swing...
Last November he devised a poll that asked Iowa voters to choose between "hypothetical" candidates. One was dedicated to traditional politics and special interests; the other, young and imaginative, stressed new ideas and called for a new generation of leadership. Caddell professed surprise at how many people chose the Hart-like candidate in his loaded formulation. Again, Mondale and his aides were outraged...
...Harvard and entered Government during the Nixon years under the tutelage of his fellow Brahmin, Elliot Richardson. Darman's various jobs in five Cabinet departments included a stint at Commerce, where he impressed Baker, then an Assistant Secretary, with his ability to analyze vast tangles of information. Baker chose Darman in 1981 as his assistant, says Press Spokesman Larry Speakes, because the Chief of Staff "regards Dick as brighter than himself or the rest of us put together...
Peter Ueberroth, president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, disputes a State Department claim that he had been informally advised in December that Yermishkin was an unacceptable choice. Ueberroth called the timing of the decision "deeply troubling." U.S. diplomats chose not to pursue the matter. Said one: "We're paid to take the beating...