Word: crucial
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Increased registration has had a crucial impact in liberalizing the legislative process, as demonstrated by Congress' swift reversal of the Reagan veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act. Every Democrat in the Senate voted to overturn the veto, and only 10 out of the 250 Democrats in the House who voted opposed the bill. Such nearunanimity among Democrats in opposition of the President is completely unprecedented in the Reagan years, since most Southern conservatives unquestioningly follow the President's wishes. Their willingness to buck the President on this issue is testament to the increased influence of Black constituents...
Then it's a May 7 tune-up against Northeastern, in preparation for the crucial EARC (Eastern) Sprints on May 15 at Worcester. The Sprints determine Eastern rowing supremacy, and mark the first major regatta of the late season...
...remarkable for its failure to place the blame where it truly belongs--in the lap of K-School Dean Graham T. Allison '62. Cavanagh sticks to the line that Allison approved the proposed swap late one Friday night without giving it "proper scrutiny." Absent from the report are the crucial facts which rip apart this shallow excuse...
Reach out and touch someone. Jesse Jackson's tendency to work the telephones at odd hours could have an effect on the nomination, especially if his support is crucial in a bartered process. So far, Al Gore has done the best job of keeping the lines open. Jackson and Gore talked twice last Tuesday night. About what? "Things personal, things political," says Jackson. He also talked to Paul Simon, but never connected with Dick Gephardt, who tried to reach him Tuesday night. The previous weekend Jackson spoke with Mario Cuomo. Did he ask for an endorsement? "Jesse said...
...greater power for governments than weapons. "The political interest and the economic interest have converged," he says. He is right: whether Mike Dukakis and Jesse Jackson admit it or not, a good economy is not only in the national interest but, finally, the best politics. It happens to be crucial for George Bush, who, if successful, may make Baker his Secretary of State...