Word: convert
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nowhere does the Reagan connection play louder or longer than in Texas, where G.O.P. Convert Phil Gramm, 42, and Democratic State Senator Lloyd Doggett, 38, are vying for the seat 3 of retiring Republican Senator John Tower. Gramm, who became a Republican in 1983, wears as a badge of honor his label as a co-author of Reagan's budget and tax-cutting legislation in 1981. He harps on his association with the President so often that Doggett was finally moved to rueful complaint. Said he: "President Reagan's neck is probably a little sore because Phil Gramm...
...what ultimately killed Harvard's hopes Saturday is the same thing that's killed them all year--an inability to convert numerous shots into scores...
...debate, scheduled for Sunday night in Kansas City, as perhaps the decisive event of the campaign. A strong performance by Reagan could silence the whispers about his age and competence and squelch any swing to Mondale well before it reaches the danger point. But a second Mondale victory could convert what is still only an incipient erosion of the President's big lead into mass defections. The subject, defense and foreign policy, holds some dangers for the White House. The first debate centered on domestic affairs and the economy, where Reagan could claim credit for some solid accomplishments: rising incomes...
...that game, the stickwomen last night created a closing minute assault on the Springfield net but just couldn't convert it into a goal...
...rest of the game was the same old story for the Crimson. Harvard, led by the play of forward Andy Mainelli, put some intense pressure on the Terrier zone, but failed to convert it into anything on the scoreboard...