Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...assumed that he would choose a safe, "geographical" running mate?perhaps Lloyd Bentsen, to help him carry Texas, or Fritz Rollings, to give him some appeal in the South. But there is a certain bloodlessness in Mondale's campaign that leaves Democrats with a sinking anticipation of defeat in November. Some now believe that Mondale might put spirit and excitement into his race by bringing a woman onto the ticket. At least the right woman might bring a feeling of something fresh and new to a campaign that so far has sounded like a large, heavy suitcase being tumbled, slow...
...risks were tremendous. Postponement would mean another month before the moon and tides would again be so favorable, yet a miscalculation now might end in enormous casualties, perhaps even a shattering defeat. "I ... sat silently reviewing these things, maybe, I'd say, 35 or 45 seconds ..." said Eisenhower, who had reviewed these same things many times before. "I just got up and said...
...blundering victory is more to be valued than a heroic defeat. That might and right sometimes come to the same...
...Mondale in New Jersey would go far toward offsetting a California defeat and securing his nomination. (The other states voting that Tuesday are New Mexico, South Dakota and West Virginia.) But if Hart wins the two pivotal June 5 primaries, says a Mondale aide, eyes rolling heavenward, "it will be a war." Mondale would have the unmistakable aura of a loser, despite his huge delegate count. "Don't overlook chemistry," says Hart of the convention cauldron. "Chemistry can overcome mathematics...
Actually, the White House legislative strategy group had already concluded that a compromise would be necessary and had worked behind the scenes with Aspin. After the narrow (218 to 212) defeat of an amendment that would have killed MX funding entirely, the White House endorsed the Aspin compromise just minutes before the final roll call...