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Other Factors. Harrington won by a margin of 6,500 out of 137,000 votes cast. This was a major defeat for the Nixon Administration, indicating dissatisfaction with its policies, particularly Viet Nam. It was the third G.O.P. House seat lost to the Democrats in special elections since Nixon took office, and was particularly galling as the seat had been held for 19 years by William H. Bates, ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee and backer of military intervention in Viet...
...induce defections among the Free Democrats who belong to the conservative wing of the party. Brandt is betting that the Socialists will do so well in office that even if the Free Democrats should defect after a year or so, he could call new elections and win a substantial margin of seats. In any event, to Brandt it is worth the gamble if it means the Socialists can once again hold the power that has so often eluded them...
...October 1 the department met to consider Sampson's motion to reinstate Stauder. Sampson's resolution, however, was not on the ballot and was tabled by a two-vote margin after 40 minutes of debate...
Even yesterday, however, much of the political action swung on key blunders. The main question of the day-whether the anti-war vote would come in the meeting or in a recess or convocation-was decided by a margin of one vote, 214-215. At least ten Faculty members said after the meeting that they did not understand what was going on at the time the motion to recess came...
Relying on its top seven men throughout the game. Quincy needed a fourth quarter touchdown and a disputed penalty to hold off the Lowell challenge. Star of the Quincy team was Jim Fabiani, who caught one touchdown pass and threw another to establish the winning margin...