Word: claimed
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...oldest political party* is not quite in extremis. Many members remain loyal. Even in this conservative year, the Gallup poll finds that 46% of the public still identifies itself as Democratic (though it is not necessarily prepared to vote that way in November) compared with 27% who claim the Republican label. In 1860 the party was in such horrendous shape that it held two conventions and ran two candidates against Lincoln. But by the '70s, the Democrats were united again. The rhythm of American politics invariably brings forward new issues and leaders to cope with them. Realignment within...
...combining savings in flood control, hydroelectric energy, recreation and freight. Up and down the river, land prices have soared-in one case from $25 an acre to $2,500 with no ceiling yet in sight. Boats have become as ubiquitous as second cars. Supporters of the project claim that cheap transportation will tap the landlocked region's raw materials and enrich 8,000,000 citizens of eight states...
...official balloting of the Electoral College on December 16, Wallace would try to bargain his electoral votes for such concessions as a voice in selecting Cabinet members or Supreme Court Justices. If that fell through, Wallace could still throw his electors to one of the candidates - and loudly claim to have elected that man President...
...discontent started soon after Britain's four-year-old monetary crisis, which has forced Wilson to undertake salvage measures that the unions claim have put an intolerable pinch on workingmen. Britain is mired in its longest period of high unemployment since World War II. Money is tight, and prices have crept upward since last November's devaluation. Britain depends heavily on imports, notably food, and the lowering of the pound's value relative to foreign currencies made imports more expensive. At the same time, to hold down the price of British goods abroad, the government, over bitter...
Ford's proposal would allow anyone who pays tuition for a college student to claim a credit on his income tax. But the maximum allowance of $325 would not help any student's family very much, and poorer families with a small tax payment would receive almost no benefit. "Tax credit" is a difficult phrase to resist, though, and only sustained opposition from the Johnson Administration killed it in the House last year...