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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Carter blacks charged that the episode was a campaign ploy. There was no evidence of that, though Ford's campaign committee sent telegrams about the incident to 400 black clergymen. But King has a reputation for antics. When he ran for the Albany city council, he distributed a poster showing him sticking out his tongue and waving his fingers near his ears. The caption: "You've tried everything else. Now try a crazy nigger." His brother C.B. King, an attorney, assured a Carter rally that Clennon was "emotionally and mentally disturbed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACE RELATIONS: Test for Carter in His Backyard | 11/22/1976 | See Source »

Markey managed to distinguish himself in that confused field of candidates for the September 14 Democratic primary, mainly through his use of television and radio commercials. Before any of the other candidates took to the airwaves, Markey ran a radio commercial in which Bill Lee, a well-known pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, endorsed him. Those commercials raised his visibility considerably and catapulted him into a position of contending with the top four of the 12 candidates...

Author: By David B. Hilder, | Title: Ed Markey: The milkman's son who broke the rules | 11/22/1976 | See Source »

Stare retired this summer, and Cohen's two-year appointment ran out in June, so the School has taken no action with either of them...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: Misusing public trough | 11/20/1976 | See Source »

...Providence squad, like the top national team they are, ran to a first place finish anyway, but since there was some question whether the poorly marked course had affected the UMass-Harvard outcome, the harriers had to take their lumps and the meet was declared no-contest, null, and void...

Author: By Thomas A.J. Mcginn, | Title: Confident Harriers Near End of Hopeful Season | 11/20/1976 | See Source »

...next disappointment came in Dartmouth. A fired-up Harvard team ran one of its hottest races, but the hilly nature of the course favored their opponent, and the Crimson suffered a painfully close 25-30 defeat...

Author: By Thomas A.J. Mcginn, | Title: Confident Harriers Near End of Hopeful Season | 11/20/1976 | See Source »

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