Word: conventioners
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
The Democrats may have talked about unity, but it was San Francisco's 50-piece Dick Crest Orchestra that provided the true harmony. Candidates could choose the music they wanted to accompany their moment at the podium from a repertoire of about 500 songs. Despite the extensive selection, Hart...
Two weeks ago, a white Mercedes-Benz truck with SOVTRANSAVTO painted in blue Cyrillic letters on its side pulled up to the Swiss border at Basel. The nine-ton tractor-trailer did not need to be inspected, the three Soviets inside insisted, because it was merely a "diplomatic pouch." But...
At the moment they walked into Moscone Center last week and surveyed their back-seat accommodations, print reporters at the Democratic Convention realized that they were, more than ever, mere onlookers at a network TV spectacular. From the layout of the hall to the schedule of proceedings, everything was designed...
Yet for all the prominence accorded the networks, at the moment when the Democrats made history by nominating Geraldine Ferraro for Vice President, all three networks were airing sitcoms. Contending that the convention lacked news value because it offered little suspense or surprise, the networks dropped all pretense of covering...
Humphrey exploded onto the national scene with a powerful speech before the 1948 convention that put the Democrats irrevocably on the civil rights train. Winning a Senate seat that year, Humphrey continued brashly in Washington. He denounced the seniority system, accused his conservative colleagues of ties to special interests, introduced...