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...Kalb, who called the Iowa caucus a "glorious example of American democracy," said that he thought yesterday's results might have sounded the death knell for several candidates in both parties...
...strong) followed suit. An estimated 90% of the 5,600 delegates to a Washington convention of Kiwanis International roared the needed two-thirds approval that abolished the traditional men-only rule. The Kiwanians, said Eleanor Smeal, president of the National Organization for Women, had sounded the "death knell for male-only economic organizations." Now, she went on, feminists can target all-male "dinosaurs such as the Cosmos Club ((in Washington)) and the Bohemian Club ((in San Francisco...
Perle's resignation came just as the U.S. unveiled its verification scheme at the INF talks. Some critics see the strict provisions as a major impediment to quick negotiation or perhaps even the death knell for an INF agreement. Perle shares none of this skepticism. He is confident, he said, that the "U.S. is on the verge of a breakthrough . . . which will for the first time eliminate an entire category of weapons...
...departure from the White House in May 1985, used an almost identical ploy to halt indictments being sought against him by Independent Counsel Whitney North Seymour Jr. The challenges are more than just delaying tactics; in the words of one Justice Department attorney, they could mark the "death knell for the special-prosecutor statute...
...move also helped Harvard recruit more quality basketball prospects. The dingy confines of the IAB were often thought to deal a death knell to Harvard's sales pitch...