Word: electable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Elect New Leader of non-violent record...
...seem to get better at doing just about everything while events get more and more absurdly out of control. Revealed through the agency of a Viennese Jew who alternately wore the hats of humanist, scientist, prophet and pariah, psychoanalysis is a creed without a salvation. There are no elect, and the priesthood does not claim to be holier than the laity. Adhered to by few, it is understood by fewer still. Ultimately, it probably satisfies...
...chance--the very off chance--exists that enough Independent votes will transfer to elect both Clinton and Fantini. But if the trends of the last few years are any indication, the old Cambridge these men represent is fading (in large part, ironically, through condo conversion and other policies they support). The conservatives will be hard pressed to increase their total, though a Wilkes victory might introduce a new alignment more to their liking...
...simple result of the intricate PR tabulation scheme is that it takes far less than a majority of the citizens of Cambridge to elect a city councilor or school committee member. Ten per cent will...
...million biceps builders are working out in the 5,000 health clubs built in the U.S.; 20 million overweight Americans-and 20 million more who believe they are-will join in the battle of the bulge by dieting this year; and an alltime high of 440,000 patients will elect cosmetic surgery to freshen their features and tuck in their tummies. As if to give the surprisingly durable trend an official fillip, President and Mrs. Reagan have joined the race. A Universal-type weight-lifting machine has just been installed in a spare room of the White House family quarters...