Word: mavericks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...such a district, candidates must appeal to the Jews in the east and the Catholics in the west to win. Both Drinan and Mason have that kind of appeal. Drinan has earned a reputation in Congress as a liberal maverick, fighting against the Vietnam War and defense appropriations, and pressing for the impeachment of President Nixon. But Drinan is also a Catholic priest, so he usually runs strong in Catholic areas...
Connecticut--The image of Republican Lowell Weicker, the state's junior Senator, as a political maverick who votes his conscience despite party labels has enhanced his chances for re-election over a formidable Democratic opponent, Gloria Schaffer. Schaffer, Connecticut's secretary of state, is considered handicapped in her bid for the Senate by the presence of one woman already holding statewide office, Democratic Governor Ella Grasso. Weicker's acceptability to liberals should undercut Schaffer's base of support, and his unique appeal to both the right and the left should insure his return to the Senate...
...Abzug was hurt the most by the fact that there were two other well-known and certified liberals in the primary race: New York City Council President Paul O'Dwyer and Ramsey Clark, Lyndon Johnson's Attorney General. (The fifth Democratic candidate was a political maverick named Abraham Hirschfeld, a parking-garage builder.) On election Clark got 93,000 votes and O'Dwyer 84,000; Moynihan ended up with only a 327,000 to 318,000 victory over Bella...
...Christian mystic must wait for it in an anguish known as accidia or "the dark night of the soul." But even when grace is given, as Bharati reads the situation, the Christian mystic must dissemble his experience through a series of tricky theological mirrors. He is a sacred maverick who goes straight to the boss over the heads of middle management, and clerical bureaucrats are usually looking to clip his wings...
...Andersen, of all firms, should assail the SEC's effort to back up the F.A.S.B. Andersen has long argued for more uniformity in accounting procedures, and its executives played a key role in setting up the F.A.S.B. But the company also has long been an aggressive maverick. Some competitors grumble privately that it is merely seeking publicity, and Price Waterhouse's brief publicly refers to "Andersen's past attacks on the accounting profession." Andersen Chairman Harvey E. Kapnick Jr. protests that his company is merely trying to preserve the profession's right...