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...greatly relieved Thompson. In an emotional speech, Thompson vowed that he would not let the victory be taken away. Said he: "We beat 'em and we beat 'em good." Stevenson declared that victory was his, but would not say whether he would ask for a recount if the vote is certified later this month. In the past, such recounts, which are paid for by the requesting candidate, resulted in shifts of 5,000 to 7,000 votes, a potentially significant amount this year. The stubbornly optimistic Stevenson then retreated to his farm with campaign aides to discuss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election '82: I thought I'd Seen Everything | 11/15/1982 | See Source »

...this empurpled mode, relentlessly maintained throughout the novel (her 14th), that Oates has undertaken to recount the saga of the five nubile Zinn sisters of Bloodsmoor Valley, Pa., circa 1880. For these young ladies, the trajectory of love follows the customarily lunatic lines of an Oates romance. The youngest Zinn, Deirdre, is snatched away by a stranger in "an outlaw balloon of sinister black-silken hue" as she sits crocheting in a gazebo. Sister Malvinia escapes the toils of Victorian family life in her own way: she makes a career as an actress and is courted by a singularly repulsive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Antimacassar | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

...James M. Lyons Jr., who finished second to Kraus by 161 votes, immediately challenged the results, asking for a recount of the 37,000 votes. It was the only such district-wide recount of the 200 legislative races in the state...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Dean Officially Wins Senate Nomination | 9/28/1982 | See Source »

...energy campaign fueled by peanut butter sandwiches and a concoction of fruit juices and protein powder, Dayton last week rolled over a lethargic comeback bid by former Senator Eugene J. McCarthy, 66, en route to the Democratic nomination. Joked McCarthy: "I'm not going to ask for a recount." Durenberger, meanwhile, faced only token opposition in the Republican primary but also campaigned with tireless zest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Senators: Questions About Campaign Spending | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

...catastrophe, and ordinary citizens have the power. If they act now, to make the superpowers agree to a freeze. And it is indeed a compelling message Kennedy and Hatfield or more correctly, their staffs, who are cited in the acknowledgements as the true authors of the book--ably recount the horrible facts about atomic destruction. They also provide an interesting and useful history of the freeze movement, and of how nuclear weapons have overnight become the hottest issue in the nation...

Author: By Chuck Lane, | Title: Belittling the Freeze | 5/10/1982 | See Source »

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