Word: sargents
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ballroom was never full last night, the mood never enthusiastic. Sargent had been gaining on Dukakis the last few weeks, but victory was never within his reach...
...wasn't Watergate, but inflation," Sargent said, blaming his loss on national problems. "There was just a lot of frustration about high prices built up among the voters," he added...
Until about 9 p.m., the crowd remained hopeful. "The Governor is still confident," Steve Crosby, Sargent's campaign manager, told the gathering just 40 minutes before the concession speech...
Crosby drew a few cheers when he announced that a ward in Brookline--Dukakis's home district--had gone heavily for Sargent...
About 20 minutes later, the top campaign aides quietly left the ballroom to hear Sargent place a congratulatory call to Dukakis and to plan Sargent's concession speech...