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...German parliament. The East German elections in March showed little support for Genscher's party, which may have trouble in December winning the necessary percentage of votes to stay in the Bundestag. Ironically, by laying the foundation for unification, Genscher has inadvertently made his political survival a good deal dicier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Genscher: The Man Who Shares the Glory | 7/30/1990 | See Source »

...muddy a perpetrator's positive image. Such ads can repel as easily as they entice, driving away voters they were meant to attract. Dueling commercials between two candidates, says Mellman, can propel voters into the arms of a third. Negative ads during a primary, Squier notes, are dicier than similar ads during the general election; sniping at party comrades is never an ennobling sight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Political Campaigns: Accentuating The Negative | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...needs a seventh vote, things get dicier," said Sullivan...

Author: By William S. Benjamin, | Title: City Council Considers Proposals To Increase Low-Income Housing | 2/4/1985 | See Source »

...behind the spectacle of lurid testimony and legal gymnastics several disturbing issues have arisen which have since been eclipsed by the dicier reports of courtroom confrontation. The current lull in the action affords an opportunity for review...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Behind the Hype | 5/19/1982 | See Source »

...from a slipped disk in his back (souvenir of an Alpine snowball fight), he became the first man ever to top 100 m.p.h. on East London's tricky, twisting track, coasted home a comfortable 31 sec. in front. At Spa last month, thunderstorms made the trip a little dicier than Jim expected ("It was damn dangerous out there"), but he still scored his fourth-straight victory in the Belgian Grand Prix and left the rest of the field strung out 1½ miles behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auto Racing: Hero with a Hot Shoe | 7/9/1965 | See Source »

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