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...real race is still between Mondale and Hart. Mondale's supporters were openly hoping that the weekend contests had set up the Colorado Senator for a knockout blow this week, when 411 delegates will be selected in five states. The biggest is Ohio, where 154 delegates are at stake in a primary on Tuesday, and it is exactly the kind of heavily unionized, high-unemployment state where Mondale has won his biggest victories. Even if Hart should score an upset, the odds against him would still be formidable. If Mondale wins, and runs strongly in Indiana, Maryland and North...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Closing In on the Prize | 5/14/1984 | See Source »

...then Yale poured five seasons worth of frustration into the firebox and delivered a first-round knockout. By the time the battered laxmen escaped from the first quarter, it was 8-3 Yale and the game was all but over...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Yale Tops Laxmen, 13-5, Ends 5-Year Losing Skein | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...State Department bureaucrats by sketching out two possible military campaigns: one that would pacify southern Lebanon, and a second that would rewrite the political map of Beirut in favor of the Christian Phalange. Sharon was putting the U.S. on notice: one more provocation and Israel would deliver a knockout blow to the P.L.O...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alexander Haig | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

...contests in nine states, through Saturday, with caucuses in five more, Super Week covered 16 states that will be sending almost 1,000 delegates to San Francisco, out of a total of 3,933. It once loomed as the decisive showdown of the campaign. Mondale initially figured to deliver knockout blows to all those rivals who survived the opening primaries and caucuses. Later, after Hart followed up his victory in New Hampshire with a string of quick triumphs in other early contests, it seemed just possible that the Colorado Senator might win enough votes during the week to leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The race between Hart and Mondale heads toward more showdowns | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

...Mondale planners are eager for a quick knockout. Says Fund Raiser Timothy Finchem: "Our concern is how soon we can put this thing away. It means a helluva lot in defeating Reagan." But not every Democrat is likely to simply bow out and join the Fritz blitz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Primed for a Test | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

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