Word: defeats
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...SAME DAY that President Nixon urged the nation to "stand fast" on Vietnam, the Massachusetts Sixth District sent Michael J. Harrington, '58 to Congress. The election was regarded by many as a referendum on Vietnam. Political commentators pointed out that it marked the fourth defeat suffered by Republicans since January in special Congressional races...
...Because they did not want the referendum to be saddled with extra provisions which might cause its defeat at the polls, the three pro-referendum councillors voted against the Vellucci amendments, which were all defeated...
...Stadium this afternoon at 1:30, unbeaten in two games and hungry for a third victory, and Boston sportswriters have been billing the contest as a "battle of unbeatens." This is hardly the case. The Terriers have whipped both Colgate and Vermont. but in neither case did they defeat a strong football team. Harvard has beaten Holy Cross, but looked sluggish on offense...
...middle-class fences. After his defeat in the Republican primary he reverted momentarily to high-flown calls on conscience, charging that the Marchi and Procaccino victories meant that "the forces of reaction and fear have captured both major parties in our city. They offer two candidates who appeal to fear, who appeal to the worst instincts in man." Now Lindsay has moved toward massaging the middle rather than assaulting...
Even Senate defeat of the tax proposal would not restore the municipal-bond market to health. That would require an easing of Washington's tight-money policy. Long before the tax debate boiled up, banks started curtailing purchases of municipals in order to conserve funds for loans to corporate clients. Municipal-bond prices dropped, and interest rates on outstanding bonds rose from an average of 4.85% in December to 6.37% in September. Laws in several states, notably Pennsylvania, Michigan, Florida and California, forbid payment of that much interest on new bonds. Those states, and their local-government units, have...