Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...verdict is in; the clubs' request for "more time" to discuss the issue is merely a delaying tactic. Next Monday--by which time CCL members plan to have met with all the club presidents--is late enough to resolve the conflict. We urge both groups to take quick and final action: the final clubs don't merit closer scrutiny...
...through the 90 minutes?a panel of debating experts assembled by the Associated Press had him ahead 187 to 168, out of a maximum of 210 points, in such qualities as reasoning, evidence and organization?but his underdog status demanded a knockout, and that he did not get. A quick ABC News survey of 695 viewers (with a possible sampling error of five points either way) showed Reagan a narrow winner: 39% to 36%, with 25% seeing it as a tie. The debate had virtually no impact on candidate preference: each man gained a single point, with Reagan getting...
...they, wanted to restore his lost luster. "This is the last time he ever has to put this kind of pressure on himself as long as he lives," said one. But they wondered if his self-confidence had been shaken. Thus, as Reagan rehearsed answers, his handlers were quick to praise his replies. Conceded one: "There's been a lot of cheerleading, trying to boost him up." As Reagan demonstrated Sunday night, the cheerleading achieved its purpose...
...thought the vote was a clear advance for nuclear awareness. Child Psychiatrist Robert Coles of the Harvard Medical School reported the reaction of a blue-collar worker in Lynn, Mass., who said, "These spoiled rich kids. Everyone else is going to suffer a slow death, and they want a quick...
What might, in the end, decide this race is something as subjective and unpredictable as personality. After all, experts are quick to point out, the United States Senate is a small and private club--and members will want a Grand Poobah with whom they feel personally comfortable reading the minutes and collecting the dues...