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Goode hopes to garner a third of the white vote, thereby emerging as a majority mayor. Such a win would help dim the nation's memory of Chicago's sometimes ugly mayoral battle. Goode would then be the fourth black mayor running one of the nation's ten largest cities...
...Crimson would all but cement a first-over Ivy tide for the young Harvard squad. The only undefended team left in the league (at 3-0), the Crimson would only need one victory in its last two Ivy games--which come against lowly Brown and Yale--to garner the title and the accompanying NCAA tourney...
...third recommendation, supported by half the Committee, was for total divestiture. Although the recommendation failed to garner the support of a majority of the ACSR, the fact that it had been voted on--this was the first time that the ACSR had considered such a motion--and that it received the support of alumni and Faculty members as well as students was in itself very significant...
...Well," the emperor said to himself in his gravelly voice, cocking his head to the right, "this is indeed a fortunate find. Not only can I garner re-election and possibly a majority in both houses, but I can say truthfully that those darned perpetually critical Democrats are, why, unforgivably stupid." He gave the swindlers all they asked for--the food stamp program, hot lunches for school children, and large chunks of medicare, medicaid, welfare, and student...
...step": that is what NASA planners are calling their dream of a permanent manned station in orbit. Such a development, they argue, would help bring about the era of cheap and easily accessible exploitation of space for science, technology development and commerce. Yet while NASA is still trying to garner support for its vision, the Soviets are already pushing ahead to build their own permanent space station...