Word: lot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Every ballot, every number, has a history--many snarled in the arcane twists of Cambridge ethnic, liberal and regional politics. But added together, they show patterns that prove the similarity of a lot of the individual histories. The numbers trace the outline of electoral stability, eroding and shifting around the edges like an island in mid-river...
...quarter of those surveyed say they are bothered by the fact that the Senator and his wife Joan are living apart. Nor is Joan Kennedy herself any great political liability, since 52% view her favorably and 48% unfavorably. A sizable majority (61%) say, however, that they would worry a lot about the possibility of assassination if Kennedy becomes the next President...
Said a White House aide: "Somebody already in education brings merit but also a lot of baggage. At some point, an educator will certainly lead the department. But for now, we wanted to retain some flexibility...
...eminence in his own way and in his own time. He was born in Ipswich in 1900, son of a businessman who had big ideas and often bigger debts. The first volume of Pritchett's autobiography is called A Cab at the Door because the family moved a lot. He developed a taste for reading and skepticism but when he failed a scholarship exam, his formal education ended. It was a disguised blessing: "If I had passed I would have stayed at school until I was eighteen and would surely have got another scholarship to London University; probably...
...says the group talks about practical problems like how to react "when a coach doesn't play you and you feel you're better than the person in the game." If God wanted her to be playing, she'd be on the court, she adds, admitting "There's a lot to be learned about pride from sitting on the bench...