Word: lost
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...could not pacify the rebellious labor unions, how is the leader of a big-business-oriented party expected to reason with labor? If the President who was swept into office in 1964 on the largest majority vote ever could not unite his country, how can Nixon, who twice before lost elections and won the last time with a minority of the popular vote, unify the people...
...running gag in Maryland throughout the presidential campaign had it that if Hubert Humphrey won the election, local Democrats would immediately demand a recount. For the Democrats were well aware that when the Republican Party won the White House, it lost the statehouse. When Vice President-elect Spiro Agnew resigns his governorship some time after the Electoral College makes his election official on Dec. 16, Maryland's general assembly is certain to choose a Democrat to succeed him for the remaining two years of his four-year term...
...opening to the left. In the Socialists' opinion, the opening never came, because the government proved to be more center than left. The Socialists complained that the Christian Democrats never delivered on promised economic and social reforms. As a result, in May's general election, the Socialists lost one-quarter of their votes to the extreme left. The Communists gained 800,000 votes, while the Christian Democrats gained slightly. Even President Giuseppe Saragat expressed pique at the losses, and the party decided to quit the government. Saragat quickly wished he could have an instant replay of that decision...
...Cham-pi; on first down, unable to find anyone to pass to, he scrambled 14 yds. to the Yale 35. A face-mask penalty on the tackle took the ball down to the 20. More important, it stopped the clock. A draw play gained 14 yds., but then Champi lost 2 yds. trying to pass. The clock read 3 sec.; time for only one more play. Back again dropped Champi, frantically dodging tacklers, searching for a receiver. Just as he was about to be buried under Yale men, he unloaded a perfect pass to Halfback Vic Gatto...
...days in three separate walkouts this fall, finally ended last week. As might be expected in so bitter a battle, the terms of settlement-reached after a 27-hour weekend negotiating session-did not really please anyone. In the long view, the militant United Federation of Teachers may have lost far more than...