Word: claimed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Strategists at several "second-tier" campaigns claim that most media polls are limited and misleading. The surveys are targeted toward "likely" voters or caucus-goers--an unscientific designation based on party affiliation and previous voting history. According to Diane Weiland, press secretary to Rev. Jesse Jackson's campaign, "A lot of people are new and will not have voted before and therefore won't show up on traditional polls." Jackson considers registering new voters an important objective in his campaign...
While it may be hasty to assume that James is headed for some kind of All-Ivy honor just yet, it does look like James is a sure-fire bet for the Ivy League Rookie-of-the-Year award. The last Crimson player to claim that honor was Harvard's third all-time leading scorer, Bob Ferry, in the 1981-82 season...
...relation to the former Speaker of the House), who has turned the once troubled Lewenberg middle school into a nationally recognized center of excellence. "Clark's use of force may rid the school of unwanted students," he notes, "but he also may be losing kids who might succeed." Others claim Clark's autocratic approach to discipline suggests that there is a quick solution to complex problems. "He seeds the myth that all we have to do is stop kids from knifing each other," snaps Deborah Meier, who won a $335,000 MacArthur Genius grant for her inspired supervision of Harlem...
...ducking Dukakis. After shying from a presidential bid of his own, boyish Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton told his friend and preferred candidate Michael Dukakis that he would seriously consider endorsing him, and might even take a top post with his campaign. That would have helped undercut Albert Gore's claim as the South's favorite son, something both Clinton and Dukakis would not mind. It would also have enhanced, if Dukakis were to get the nomination, Clinton's objective to be the convention keynote speaker. But as Dukakis, in a hotel room surrounded by aides, was preparing...
Robins says that in September 1986 her supervisor met with several employees in her section and asked them to claim that she had called staff meetings after work hours without authorizing overtime pay. They were told at a second meeting, she says, to submit slips to document the alleged overtime. One employee, Ria Solomon, refused, protesting that there had been no unauthorized late meetings. Solomon contends that she was then harassed by her supervisors and was fired last...