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...race shaped up as a choice between the Irish incumbent's "old" politics, and the challengers's "new" working-class coalition. Moakley had to battle a lack of exposure as well as the stigma of running on the Independent ticket in a district where voting means pulling the Democratic lever...

Author: By Steven Luxenberg, | Title: From Old to New Politics in the 9th District | 11/15/1972 | See Source »

...TASK BEFORE THE MOAKLEY people is enormous: they've got to persuade people who for years have walked into a voting booth and automatically pulled the Democratic lever that (a) there are other candidates on the ballot and (b) voting for an Independent is not a mortal sin. To do this, Moakley volunteers have canvassed the district and plan to be at every poll passing out information tomorrow...

Author: By Michael S. Feldberg, | Title: South Boston's 9th Tries to Square 2 Traditional Democrats in 1 Race | 11/6/1972 | See Source »

...knows? This may well be the election year that local politicos get the lever, but presidential candidates wind up with the limp lip. It just might happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 9, 1972 | 10/9/1972 | See Source »

With the law apparently helpless, Dr. Lever Stewart and three colleagues decided to write up the case in the Virginia Medical Monthly, to warn other physicians in the area to be on the lookout for arsenic poisoning. "She's a grade-A psychopath," says Dr. Stewart. Passing the lie detector test was no problem for her, "because to her it would mean nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Where Is Arsenic Lilly? | 8/28/1972 | See Source »

...attitude and still climbing. A change in droop setting at this time can cause a stall. Normally, the adjustment of the droop is made by the copilot, and Captain Key had two relatively inexperienced copilots aboard. "It could have been that whoever was adjusting the flaps pulled the wrong lever," said a senior BEA pilot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: A Calamitous Week | 7/3/1972 | See Source »

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