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Word: perk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only he had gone into a few of the larger Northern states, he said, he could have won them. When New York's Dick Rosenbaum, his bald, sunburned head rising above the crowd, bellowed out with obvious pleasure a huge majority for the President, Reagan tried to perk up the mood: "That guy is going to turn me against Kojak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ALSO-RANS: The End of the Ride | 8/30/1976 | See Source »

...CLEVELAND: Incumbent Mayor Ralph Perk, a white Republican running against Arnold Pinkney, a black Democrat, won a third term with the help of a large turnout from the city's predominantly white West Side...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Election Roundup | 11/5/1975 | See Source »

...concession speech, school superintendent Pinkney said this loss--his second in a race against Perk--will not stop his efforts to show that "black folks will someday be somebody...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Election Roundup | 11/5/1975 | See Source »

During the campaign, Pinkney charged Perk with not doing enough to stop crime in the city, while the mayor responded that he stood by his record and had balanced the city's budget...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Election Roundup | 11/5/1975 | See Source »

...vote total at midnight was Perk 97,892 and Pinkney...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Election Roundup | 11/5/1975 | See Source »

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