Word: pennsylvania
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nomination and hold a seemingly insurmountable 33-point advantage over Ford in the opinion polls last July, Carter was propelled into an early election-tabulation lead by the regional pride of his nearly solid native South. Then he seized two large states that had seemed doubtful: Texas and Pennsylvania. Once again, as in the early campaign against Ford, victory seemed all but certain. Once again, just as he had seen that huge campaign margin vanish, Carter could not pin down the 270 electoral votes needed to move him into the White House...
...nearly forgotten Democratic vice-presidential candidate, Tom Eagleton. He talked to Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo, whom he had once scorned as one of the "political bosses" to whom he owed nothing. "I really appreciate what you did for me," he told Rizzo, referring to the breakthrough victory in Pennsylvania...
...turned out, Carter, who said he did not want to be beholden to any interest groups, has a few debts to pay off. Labor unions worked feverishly to turn out votes for him, and could claim that their efforts were critical in Pennsylvania, Texas and Ohio. If there was any other one group to which Carter owed a great deal, it was the blacks. Four out of five blacks voted for the Georgian, and they apparently made the difference for him in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Louisiana and Mississippi...
...bench-warmer, you all know that, but one of the starting defensive cornerbacks. In fact, Andy Puopolo (whose name is easier to pronounce than type) was one of the Harvard Players of the Week last Saturday as he intercepted two passes against Bob Graustein and Pennsylvania...
JOSEPH RHODES, Pennsylvania state legislator: My father was black, from Alabama. My mother is Chinese, born in the Philippines. I went to a white elementary school in Pittsburgh where I was called a nigger. I went to a black high school where I was called a Chink. This sense of separation was right there from the beginning. I was born Catholic, but later was brought up as a Jehovah's Witness. That also gave me a sense of separation. You are not supposed to salute the flag, and in fourth grade all the kids beat...