Word: precincts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Aren't you tired of all this? Isn't it about time you gave yourself a break?" These words come not from the script of a new soap opera but from a letter Police Inspector Charles Peterson is distributing to streetwalkers in his district, the Midtown North precinct of Manhattan, which encompasses Times Square. Peterson's fatherly missive, handed out to every girl arrested for plying her trade in Midtown North, is the latest tactic in the current and-like those in the past-unsuccessful drive to clear New York streets of prostitutes. Writes Peterson...
...assess the impact of McGovern's candidacy on traditionally Democratic voting blocs, TIME correspondents across the nation kept a close watch on carefully selected representative precincts on Election Night. The precinct voting percentages (compared with 1968 figures) and interviews with voters clearly point to the magnitude of the damage done to the Democratic coalition...
...miscalculation was as close as Hicks and her Irish pols got to victory. Although the final tally showed Hicks a loser by only 2000 votes, the congresswoman suffered devastating defeats in the black wards, and secured only a modest 2500-vote margin in Ward 7--her home precinct...
...LUCK O' THE Irish" and a sense of inevitable victory pervaded the Statler-Hilton ballroom as supporters watched the precinct-by-precinct progress of "our Joey's" challenge to Hicks. Moakley and his supporters were rolling in four-leaf clovers by the end of the night as official election returns confirmed his victory...
Moakley's precinct researches said early in the evening that his election could hinge on his showing in the city precincts. They counted most strongly out support from Roxbury and other black neighborhood which registered in 80 per cent turnout at the polls...