Word: conventioners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney would have preferred to talk about the just adjourned economic summit, at which he had successfully acted as host in Toronto. But the journalists crowded around him in the city's convention center last week were far more interested in a report, aired moments earlier...
ALTERNATELY hostile and accommodating in the past few weeks, Jesse Jackson has caused little trouble for his party. While he feigned tough stands on certain issues--namely South Africa--he promised to keep floor fights to a minimum. And while he expressed anger over not being consulted about the selection...
For a brief time, the possibility of Jackson appearing on the ticket became a probability, and it even seemed possible that Jackson might enter the convention with the most delegates. As it is, he comes in with over 1000.
With a huge and loyal constituency, Jackson should be able to wield influence in this fall's election. But it seems ever more likely that the Jackson campaign of 1988 will go the way of the Jackson campaign of 1984--ceasing to matter after the convention. Unless he chooses to...
Ozal ducked under the podium and delegates scrambled to get out of the Ataturk convention hall as bullets fired by security guards sprayed the room. More than a dozen people were wounded by gunfire, and several were injured in the stampede. The would-be assassin was immediately captured. He was...