Word: lefts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Immediately after his announcement, Reagan embarked on his two-part campaign strategy: 1) to concede no region to any opponent, and 2) to strike hard and fast, conveying a clear message to wavering local politicians that they must join him now or be left behind. Reagan's strategists hope that the blitz will lead to early victories in Iowa, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Florida, thus locking up the nomination before spring. Contends Reagan Press Secretary Jim Lake: "If we win the early primaries, we think it will be all over...
From New York, Reagan flew into heavily Democratic territory in Boston's blue-collar Dorchester section. He was greeted warmly at an electrical workers union hall by 500 people waving placards (SINK WITH TED: SWIM WITH RON and southie for reagan). Reagan left Massachusetts to Ford without a fight in 1976; he intends to slug it out there this year, even though the hard-working Bush seems much better organized in the state than any other G.O.P. candidate...
...fighting in seven to ten days. It calls for the strict separation of the rival armies and the confining of the Patriotic Front forces to designated assembly points within the country. But the question of the guerrillas' exact legal standing during the cease-fire and election campaign, left ambiguous in the Carrington proposal, sparked a bitter verbal exchange between members of the rival delegations. Following the formal negotiating session, Salisbury's military commander, Lieut. General Peter Walls, branded as "nonsense" the guerrillas' claim to equal status with his troops. "If anybody shoots at us," he warned ominously...
...alcohol, or any violence or sex results in an instant dorm meeting and, sometimes, a call for a temporary expulsion. The student is sent outside the gates, then allowed back in after agreeing to perform 250 extra work hours for the community. If homework is neglected or a bed left unmade, fines are subtracted from the $10 weekly allowance earned by each student. An honor code requires everyone to report infractions by other students...
...Mighty, The Old Man and the Sea and High Noon, and another for High Noon's memorable theme song, Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'; after fracturing his pelvis in a fall; in London. Intent on pursuing a career as a concert pianist, Tiomkin left Russia after the 1917 Revolution, made his Paris concert debut in 1924 and two years later performed for the first time in the U.S. Caught in the rush of talent to Hollywood in the early '30s, he went on to write more than 160 film scores, including those for the original...