Word: garner
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Although the turnaround--initiated in an effort to garner necessary Faculty support for a new Undergraduate Council--was unanimously approved by convention members, student leaders criticized the final proposal for its "unrepresentative and unfair" treatment of minorities...
Indeed, while Hoover fulminated against "socalled new deals," it was Roosevelt who accused the President of "reckless and extravagant" spending, and of thinking "that we ought to center control of everything in Washington as rapidly as possible." Roosevelt's running mate, Congressman John Nance Garner of Texas, 63, even claimed that Hoover was "leading the country down the path of socialism." Eleanor Roosevelt best summed up her husband's uncertain command of the future when she wrote at the time of his Inauguration: "One has a tremendous feeling of going it blindly, because...
...portraying himself as a defender of the poor against rich conservationists and litter-loathing suburbanites, King hoped to garner the support he desperately needs. The problem is, as all polls indicate, that the poor as well as the rich support the bill by an overwhelming margin. King's challengers realize this: both Lt. Gov. Thomas P. O'Neill III and former governor Michael S. Dukakis favor the legislation...
Faculty members seemed to see the joint sessions differently. To them, the meetings provided a last chance to change a document that most found objectionable. In fact, several Faculty Council members said the constitution as presently written might not garner a single vote in the council...
...loser for the second day in a row was reliever Dave "Smoke" Stewart. who came on in the bottom of the 11th and yielded back-to-back singles by Phil Garner and Tony Scott. Cesar Cedeno was then walked to load the bases, and the stage was set for Walling's heroics...