Word: conventioners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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One day when he is old enough, Captain Midlife may call a convention of his words, spread them on the floor before him and write an autobiography. It would begin with a description of the Captain as a boy, when he lived beside a park into whose thicket of dark...
The occasion was the annual convention of National Religious Broadcasters, whose 1,350 members include most of the big organizations except those of Oral Roberts and Robert Schuller. Among the detailed new standards to be required of N.R.B. members: open and audited finances, records of pitches for money in case...
Dole or Bush may be able to soothe the fears of some moderate Republicans, but the influence of Robertson's extremist disciples in the party will be undeniable. If his luck continues, Robertson could emerge from the primary season controlling a sizeable portion of the convention delegates, poised to shape...
In the Democratic caucuses, what did not happen was more noteworthy than what did. No candidate scored a knockout blow, since first place finisher Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) won by only 4 percent. The failure of any candidate to separate himself from the pack signals that the race may...
. This cuts close to the real contrast between Dole and Bush: the small-town entrepreneur vs. the no-fingerprints manager. Bush's strengths are in precisely those areas that elude Dole, such as organizational competence. That was evident on Friday in Michigan, where the Bush forces teamed up with Kemp...