Word: shoo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Society in February, accusing it of interfering in his campaign; yet with the Bircher's characteristic astigmatism, he went so far as to label Conservative Mundt as a liberal "like Hubert Humphrey." With the prestige and seniority of 18 years in the Senate, Mundt is seen as a shoo-in over Democratic State Representative Donn H. Wright, 44, in November...
...Boston coaches and press were touting Grolnic as the best pitcher around Boston and the only shoo-in for the GBL All-Star team, but after yesterday they won't be able to ignore Harvard's Jim McCandlish...
...year postwar coalition of the People's Party and the Socialists brought Austria a stable government - one that was ultimately able to shoo out the occupying powers, including the Russians, in 1955, pursue a Western-oriented neutralism afterward, and generate impressive economic energy. Even when the People's Party of Chancellor Josef Klaus won a majority in the 165-member Parliament in March, both parties looked toward a continuation of the coalition...
...Bauer's Orioles batted only .238 last season, but they pried Frank Robinson away from Cincinnati over the winter, and he is an old horsehide hater: he hit .393 this spring, with eight homers and 17 RBls. Even so, the Minnesota Twins (3-1) would probably be a shoo-in, if it weren't for the way Owner Calvin Griffith holds onto his money. Imagine. Pitcher Jim ("Mudcat") Grant won 21 games last year, but he had to hold out for 17 days to get the kind of raise he wanted. As a result, he has looked just...
...never before, Britons are expected to vote more for the national party leader and less for the local M.P. If they do this, Labor may indeed be a shoo-in. Since last July's bitter fight for leadership, Heath has failed either to unite the Tories or capture the imagination of the British electorate. On some social issues he has moved to the right, not exactly a vote-getting position. Wilson, by contrast, has become the very model of a middle-ground politician-homely accent, rumpled, and witty. Still, he refuses to be overly optimistic about the election...