Word: deadlock
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prospect of a convention deadlock was savored by former Texas Governor John Connally, a spellbinding speaker who hankers to be President. But it still seemed unlikely that the Republican delegates, basically the same kind of conservatives who nominated Barry Goldwater in 1964 and only grudgingly accepted Richard Nixon in 1968, would give their nomination to a Democratic turncoat. It seemed far more unlikely that the Republican Convention would move to Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, still a pariah to the party's dominant right wing. Yet Rockefeller will control most of the huge New York delegation (154 delegates, making...
Next day, looking exhausted, he flabbergasted friends by announcing that he had decided to stay out, but would still hold himself available in the "unlikely" event of a convention deadlock. The old (64) warrior explained that he lacked the money and organization to mount his fourth campaign for the White House. Nor did he relish the possibility of another defeat...
...According to your story, I said that the delegate selection reforms in the Democratic Party "would cause a deadlock convention in July." In fact, I said they could cause a deadlocked convention, although the primary successes of Jimmy Carter were rapidly reducing that probability...
...York and Wisconsin primaries. In New York, Jackson won almost as many delegates as the other two combined, but fell far short of the "landslide" he had predicted, while Carter barely managed to squeak by Udall in Wisconsin. The real winner was Humphrey, who hopes that a deadlock will force the Democratic convention to turn to him in July...
...midweek, he announced a settlement in the long-standing contract deadlock between the University and its nearly 600 custodians and watchmen. And at week's end, Powers' office was busy preparing a report which may finally clarify the obscure policy of granting promotions in the University kitchens--a policy that may be in violation of Affirmative Action guidelines...