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Although his first choice for the reformed office would be former New York governor Thomas E. Dewey, Braucher said he might change his choice if Party expediency required another candidate. "But it would be a cinch for the Republicans to win with an Eisenhower-Dewey ticket," he predicted...
...stronger candidate. A skillful debater whose economic ideas are so similar to those of Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer "Rab" Butler that Britons have coined a single phrase for them (Butskellism), he trounced Bevan at last year's election for party treasurer and is a cinch to do the same again at the next Labor conference in October. But Gaitskell is no hail-fellow well-met among the horny-handed men of Britain's labor unions. "If Labor is to retain its old spirit," explained one of its kingmakers, "it must have a good earthy leader...
...well that he won 6-3, 7-5, 6-1. Not since the U.S.'s redheaded Don Budge turned the trick in 1938 had any man run out the Wimbledon championship without losing a set. Now, if he can win back his U.S. title, Tony is a cinch for a crack at the pros...
...Chicago and New York. He returned with a lyric description of the ticker-tape reception accorded him on New York's lower Broadway. "Never," he said, "shall I forget that delirious welcome," and the applause that greeted the words in Bernay was deafening. After that, it was a cinch. On Sept. 15, 1954, officials announced that "for 25 years' activity in the field of sport," Roger Touchard had been named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor...
...week's other big games, Ohio State tightened its grip on Rose Bowl tickets by pounding Purdue, 28-6. To cinch the Big Ten title, the Buckeyes still have to get by once-beaten Michigan, which slammed Michigan State, 33-7. With its seventh Big Seven title in sight, Oklahoma knocked Missouri out of the running...