Word: marginals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Party Chairman Bill Brock, a former Tennessee Senator, launched the effort after returns from the last presidential election showed that Democrat Jimmy Carter had won an overwhelming 90% of black votes. Carter outpolled Gerald Ford by 1.7 million votes overall; his margin among blacks was 4.7 million votes. As Jackson told his Republican audience...
...poll in Baker's Tennessee gave treaty opponents a 2-to-l margin, but it also indicated that those numbers can be turned around if the White House agrees to amendments guaranteeing U.S. rights and privileges in the Canal Zone. The ultimate poll, of course, is the one that will take place on the Senate floor. Says an Administration vote counter: "We're within striking distance, and it's about a fifty-fifty ball game on the undecideds." In short, a brawl is shaping up in the Senate but with the Administration as the favorite...
...State of the Union message was the first for Carter, who was elected President by a narrow margin over Gerald R. Ford in November...
After Cusamano broke the ice with his victory in the 134-Ib. bout, Harvard co-captain Jim Corcoran recorded a 9-4 win at 158-Ibs. Next, Sal D'Agostino whitewashed Robert Reynolds by a 10-0 margin in the 190-Ib. event, to cut the team score...
...that his immediate priority was building a national consensus. "We don't want tension," an R.P.P. spokesman said. Ecevit offered Cabinet posts to most of the J.P. defectors, but even counting their votes it appeared that the new Premier has only a two-vote majority in Parliament-a margin that seems to offer too little stability to spare Turkey yet another invitation to the dance...