Word: shoo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...write off their donations on their tax returns as business expenses. This disclosure came on top of the conviction six months ago of the Governor's closest political confidant, Secretary of State Paul Sherwin, who had sought a kickback from a highway contractor. Cahill, who had seemed a shoo-in for reelection this year, is now in trouble...
Crimson captain Terry Valenzuela, who has almost completed a second straight outstanding season and should be a shoo-in for All-Ivy honors, and Walt Morris each swept three straight to lead the sabre squad to its runaway victory...
...sabre team, which had of late looked the dominating force it was a year ago, suffered a blunt setback, losing 5-4. And it would have been worse if Crimson captain Terry Valenzuela, who should be a shoo-in for All-Ivy honors, hadn't come up with an outstanding performance, winning three straight...
...Angeles are by now traditional sees for U.S. cardinals, and Archbishops Medeiros and Manning were considered shoo-ins for the red hat. Medeiros, who was born Portuguese in the Azores, came to the U.S. at the age of 15. When he was Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, he often traveled with migrant farm workers and joined their battle for better wages. Since his accession in Boston in 1970, he has aligned himself with Boston's poor as well, assailing suburban Catholics for their failure to aid the inner city. A critic of the Viet Nam War, he condemned the bombing...
Coach Joe Restic said yesterday, "I thought McHugh was a shoo-in for the first team; he a spent every game in the other team's backfield mothering the quarterback. I'm thoroughly displeased find most disappointed for Mike," he said...