Word: getterism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Walter Sullivan, as is his custom, collected the most votes in the fight for city council, finishing more than 450 votes ahead of the leading liberal vote-getter, David Sullivan...
...better products of Billy Cleary's experimentation, a match made in training camp, a toss-'em-together-and-see-how-they-play connection comprised of a scrappy all-around sophomore, a speedy junior goal-getter and a gutsy senior playmaker. It's Harvard's most productive line, the Greg Olson-Mike Watson-Tom Murray line, and after three games it has combined to rack up 16 points, including three goals (one each) and four assists during last night's 5-2 victory over Boston University...
When it comes to go-getter companies for the 1980s, the name Ma Bell does not leap readily to mind. For years the world's largest business enterprise, with assets of more than $114 billion, has also been one of the dullest. Its deserved reputation is that of a lumbering pachyderm, content with its status as a Government-protected monopoly that controls 83% of the U.S. telephone market...
...year the signal was that voters are turning away from the Democrats. Last week, for the first time in 20 years, the Republican vote topped the Democratic vote, and heavily, 895,000 to 621,000. Moreover, enough independents and Democrats voted for Reagan to make him the top vote getter in the fragmented field; he outpolled Carter by a narrow...