Word: hunts
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...NORTH CAROLINA Senatorial contest between Republican incumbent Jesse Helms, 63, and two-term Democratic Governor Jim Hunt, 47, has been widely hailed as second in importance only to the Presidential sweepstakes. It is seen as a bellweather contest because the two candidates so clearly represent polarized, incompatible strands of American politics, yet it has infuriated the early-bird pundits, because no conclusions can yet be drawn. Over $22 million, much of it from out of state donors, has been spent on the race, whole forests have been felled to provide paper for reams of commentary, vitriolic epithets have been bandied...
Helms supporters say a victory for their man would be a victory for the New Right. Hunt supporters say that a Democratic triumph would be a victory for moderate, mainstream politics. Hunt aides have sought to portray Helms as the "High Priest" of a neo-rightist cabal headed by figures such as Nelson Bunker Hunt, Phyllis Schlafly, and Jerry Falwell. Hunt himself recently claimed that if Helms wins he and his "nationwide network of right-wing extremists" will swifltly move to squelch their enemies...
...campaign didn't begin so acrimoniously. As late as August, 1983, Hunt had a nineteen point lead in the polls and was contentedly nattering away about issues. He was promoting "the Four E's": support for Education, the Economy, the Environment and the Elderly, and running on his record as a popular governor...
...Alitalia scientist," Rubbia, 50, frequently flies from CERN, located outside Geneva where he does his research, to Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., where he teaches physics. His relentless energy and aggressive pursuit of ideas are what led to his discovery of three critical subatomic particles, ending a 20-year hunt that involved hundreds of scientists...
...jurors had been looking into Schiavone's subway work at the request of Bronx District Attorney Mario Merola, a four-term Democrat. Donovan claimed that the jury was doing nothing more than "a rehash" of "the baseless allegations" that Silverman had investigated. It was all "a witch hunt," he said. The Labor Secretary said he had hired independent experts to give him lie-detector tests, and "needless to say, I passed with flying colors." Declared Donovan: "I will not be indicted...