Word: electable
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...Harvard officials were among the 26 advisors whom Gov. elect Michael S. Dukakis named yesterday to direct his administration's transition to the State House...
...next two months for the legislators, Gov. Edward J. King, forced into retirement by his loss in the September primary, will be looking to leave his mark in the final weeks in office, and is apparently rushing to get some pet projects accepted before the more liberal Gov.-elect Michael S. Dukakis comes into power...
Spain's best-known and best-liked politician, now the Prime Minister-elect, is universally called by his first name. It thunders from the throats of thousands of supporters at campaign rallies, and it is even heard on the tongues of such European Socialist leaders as West Germany's Willy Brandt and French President François Mitterrand. "Everybody calls me Felipe. Everywhere," acknowledges Felipe González, 40, the handsome, confident leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (P.S.O.E.), flashing his famous smile...
...curious paradox, race actually has been an issue in the California governor's campaign. Last month, a Black leader triumphantly shouted. "We will elect a governor for this state who happens to be Black!" He expressed the national importance of the contest, which was obvious as early as a year ago. Bradley long ago mastered the delicate art of reassuring white voters of his competence and intentions of fairness. After long years of honing his skill, Californians seem to be saying Bradley is ready for the big time...
...politics is a family affair, and the Gemayel clan has been prominent on the national scene for half a century. Pierre Gemayel, now 72, founded the Christian Phalangist Party in the 1930s, and he raised his two sons to carry on the family role in politics. So when President-elect Bashir Gemayel was assassinated last September only nine days before he was to have been inaugurated, it came as no surprise that his brother Amin promptly declared his own candidacy. By a nearly unanimous vote in parliament, Amin was elected to a six-year term. At first, no one quite...