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...world by now, after their brief moment in the polling place. Although many may not realize it, it was for them that great forces moved in the campaign. The candidates, the workers, the staff, the reporters--all devoted themselves in an insane ordeal spanning months for the sake of fifteen minutes of time in a curtained booth. After the intensity of commitment to that ordeal by the candidates and their followers, perhaps the voters should have suspected, more than they did, that something important was at stake...
Although Buckley was trailing throughout the evening, and most television stations had predicted Moynihan the winner by 9:15 p.m., only fifteen minutes after the New York polls closed, Buckley did not concede defeat until almost two hours later...
Last month four Cambridge policemen received suspensions of five to fifteen days after City Manager James L. Sullivan investigated charges of police brutality in connection with a May 8 incident in which 15 union picketers were injured...
While infuriating the right, the Episcopal convention came dangerously close to incensing the left as well. Fifteen women had already undergone unauthorized ordinations to the priesthood. The House of Bishops last week voted to recommend that dioceses require them to undergo a second conditional ordination service so there would be no question about their status. The women and their supporters promptly vowed that they would never take such a humiliating step, and the bishops backed down, favoring public services to complete the ordinations...
...Columbia players were not about to hang listlessly in the second half, though. Fifteen minutes into the period, the Lions started to get hungry on offense. Sock broke loose from Bowyer and apparently had Crimson goalkeeper Herold at his mercy from close range when sweeper George Grassby bowled Sock over in an attempted tackle...