Word: loses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...House by 287 seats to 146 and the Senate by 62 to 38. Both sides' predictions of the outcome in November are close: Republican Party officials expect to pick up fewer than 15 seats in the House and none in the Senate; Democratic Party leaders expect to lose no more than twelve in the House and to gain one or two in the Senate...
Kennedy, the poll shows, would handily beat Gerald Ford in an election today by 47% to 41%, but Carter would lose to Ford by 44% to 35%. Kennedy would carry the South; Carter would not. Of those who voted for Carter two years ago, only 60% say they would do so now, but 70% of them would vote for Kennedy...
Clubby bankers from Zurich to Tokyo have confided to Abboud that Middle Eastern, Latin American and Asian capitalists are poised to invest many billions in the politically stable U.S.-as soon as they become convinced that they will not lose because of further dollar erosion. When these worldly investors plunge in, the stock market will surge, many jobs and business opportunities will be created, and the temporarily groggy champ will start to bounce back...
...that he is no longer a major force within the country," says Shipanga. "He has been too long on the outside and too reluctant to go back except at the end of a gun. He's afraid now of fighting an election because he knows he will lose...
...faltering Liberal Party, whose 13 M.P.'s provided the margin of victory for Labor on numerous key votes in the 635-seat Commons. Last week the Liberals were dealt a staggering blow outside Parliament (see following story), which made their balloting prospects look even bleaker. If the Liberals lose more ground, most of their disaffected supporters are expected to back the Conservatives. Says one Labor M.P.: "The Tories have only to hold their own vote and pick up two out of five Liberal votes, and they...