Word: mid-march
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After a fine frenzy of activity that began in mid-March with designers' fashion shows in Milan and ended 14 days later in Paris, the order books for autumn were finally closed barely two weeks ago. The big boys and the boutiques shoved their way into the same shows and held down desk space in the same sales offices, as they all dropped a bundle and bought the line. Then they all went home to endure the inevitable surprises when the shipments arrive several months later. "There's not a buyer alive," says Neiman-Marcus Senior Vice President...
...this is a long process. Mondale's strategy is front loading. Our approach is back loading." Unfortunately for Hart, this year's primary season is front loaded. During a five-day period in mid-March, 29% all Democratic delegates will be chosen in six primaries and 14 caucuses. In only a few of the states to be contested that week-Wyoming, Oklahoma, Washington-is Hart in a position seriously to challenge Mondale. In several big primaries, such as in Illinois (March 20), Hart-committed candidates are running for fewer than half the state's convention seats...
More than half of the delegates, moreover, would still have to be selected after mid-March, some in the larger states: California, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Some voters might resent a process in which the outcome has been determined before they have a chance to participate. Feeling disenfranchised, they might lose interest, stay home, or turn out to register protest votes that would only hurt their party's eventual nominee. An apathetic or divided party would not be in competitive trim for the race against a popular President. Walter Mondale may be riding high, but hurdles and hazards...
...accounting office has been reviewing Bank Street's claims since December 16, and is expected to make a ruling by mid-March...
...least-lamented of the three talks. It is highly telling that, of the three, it is the only one which presently looks as if it will resume. At the European security conference held in Stockholm two weeks ago, the Soviet delegation dropped hints that these talks could resume by mid-March, it would appear that the Soviet Union attaches more self-interest to these conventional talks...