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Word: minoritiesâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1968-1968
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...against the "Old Politics" and promises "new leadership" to appeal generally to voters groping for a guide. Just how effective that appeal can be was shown when a comely Illinois delegate told him during his visit to Chicago early in the week: "Governor, I'm a member of three minorities???I'm a woman, a Negro and a Republican. And each of us needs you to be President." But he has used old gambits, saying kind things about Ronald Reagan and Florida's Governor Claude Kirk, both conservatives, and holding open the possibility of a vice presidential nomination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: IN SEARCH OF POLITICAL MIRACLES | 7/26/1968 | See Source »

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