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...hands: he had won the Democratic nomination but the state supreme court ruled him off the ballot for not meeting South Carolina's five-year residency requirement for gubernatorial candidates. Ravenel thereupon antagonized many party regulars by refusing to support his replacement on the ticket, William Jennings Bryan Dorn, who lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Challenging a Southern Legend | 10/16/1978 | See Source »

...each year, despite all efforts to keep this tradition a secret from freshmen in the two dorms, voices pierce the still autumn night crying, "HOLWORTHY SUCKS!" "THAYER EATS MOOSE!" After a few rounds of this violence usually breaks out, mainly because Holworthy is still an all-male dorn (most yard dorms went co-ed in 1973) and thus the inhabitants feel insecure and are compelled to prove that they are, well...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Crazy Bob's Tour of Harvard, (Or What's Under All That Ivy, Sir?) | 9/1/1978 | See Source »

...level, the race is one of money and political technique. Thurmond's campaign budget is about $2 million, while Ravenel's is between $800,000 and $1 million. But Ravenel is no stranger to being outfinanced in his campaigns. In the 1974 gubernatorial race, William Jennings Bryan Dorn, his closest competitor, also outspent him by massive amounts. That campaign was similar to the present race, in that Ravenel was running against established politicians. In addition, he faced the difficulty of being largely unknown; 76 days before election day, only 5 per cent of the voters recognized his name. What made...

Author: By Norbert J. Vonnegut, | Title: Facing a Tradition | 5/31/1978 | See Source »

...impact of his 1974 strategy can best be expressed by the anecdote that one of Bryan Dorn's campaign workers told Marvin Chernoff, the mastermind behind Ravenel's campaigns. After the worker helped an illiterate woman get to the polls, he asked who would be her choice. The woman replied, "I guess you'd better give me the television...

Author: By Norbert J. Vonnegut, | Title: Facing a Tradition | 5/31/1978 | See Source »

...Harvard teams will attend the National Debate Tournament, to begin this Friday at South West Mississippi state College. Stanley Dorn '78 and Bert Bernheim '79 will be Harvard's first team, and Jefferey Pash '77 and Michael king '79 will make up the second team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debaters Beat Dartmouth, 2-1 | 4/14/1977 | See Source »

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