Word: getterism
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...talk that way any more. But Dr. Max Rafferty, California's superintendent of public instruction, does, and he loves his purple style. So do a lot of voters. An author of alarmist books on the U.S. educational system, he is also his state's alltime champion vote getter. At the Palladium last week he declared his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat held by fellow Republican Thomas Kuchel, and as the darling of California's hard-lining conservatives, Rafferty just might give Tom Kuchel a tough fight for the nomination. Kuchel, the Senate minority whip, has been...
Dartmouth's sophomore standout Kent Nyberg, who played on the Indians' one strong line with Coffman and Rusty Martin, tied the score at 2-2, 96 seconds into the second period. But Turco, Harvard's leading goal-getter, restored the lead at 5:05 on a play set up by defenseman Ben Smith...
...three-term Democratic Governor Harold Hughes, 45, who announced his Senate candidacy last month, Hickenlooper has yet to pronounce a preference for a successor between two Republican contenders, State Senator David Stanley, 39, and former Representative James Bromwell, 47, but he has high respect for Hughes. "A powerful vote getter, a hard man to defeat," he said. Replied Hughes, after Hickenlooper's announcement: "It'll be a tough race no matter whom I face-because of the Republican traditions of the state...
McCarthy has proven himself to be a formidable vote-getter in his home state of Minnesota. He has been elected to the House five times and to the Senate twice--including a landslide victory in 1964. He has never lost an election to public office...
...third line features speed, with sophomore Ron Mark joining juniors Bobby Bauer and Pete Mueller. Left wing Mark has a reputation as a goal-getter and center Bauer's prowess in that capacity is proven...