Word: factors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years in office. He trotted Defense Secretary Robert McNamara out to announce a pre-election draft cut that struck many a voter as a blatantly political move. He issued favorable economic figures to blunt the inflation issue (Pollster Lou Harris reported afterward that it had proved a particularly injurious factor for the Democrats nonetheless). He took a savage swipe at Nixon, thereby giving the "chronic campaigner" a boost that may find its way into the history books. And, in denying that he had been planning a last-minute blitz of twelve to 15 states, Johnson advertised his lack of veracity...
Fading Blue Collars. A major?perhaps decisive?factor in the G.O.P. resurgence was the fact that National Chairman Bliss's "cities strategy" was beginning to pay off. During the campaign, he conducted more than 50 "big-city workshops" for precinct
...Romney, after four years in office, is still something of an unknown factor. He looks the part of a President and, as a devout Mormon, is morally about as upright as a candidate can be. But even those who lean toward him are not sure that he has the depth for the job, and some express concern over his tendency toward sanctimoniousness. One gag has an aide telling Romney, as the two emerge from a meeting, "Beautiful day, Governor." Romney's reply: "Thank you." Over the next 20 months, the undecided Republicans will be studying his performance with microscopic care...
...Tigers also outhustled Harvard's first stringers, as practically every opponent has so far. The Crimson's superior skill usually outweighs this factor, but against Brown this Saturday everything will count...
...over their front lawns. Mayor Daley did everything within his power to prevent the open housing demonstrations, but he and the other Democrats are somehow being held accountable for the "White Humiliation" these people feel they suffered at the hands of Civil Rights marchers. The backlash is even a factor down state. In one all-white down-state county, a member of Stevenson's staff was forced to listen to a 15 minute tirade by an old lady on how the Negro is lowering the standard of morality...