Word: shut
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...convention delegates. The McGovern commission reforms attracted many recruits to the party and gave them instant responsibility by setting what amounted to quotas for them at the convention. While younger people and minorities were welcomed, however, old-line regulars, and labor and ethnic groups were to a large extent shut out. Some argue that the election was already lost when faithful Democrats gazed at the convention on television, did not see a soul on the floor they recognized, and did not care for those they did see. The prospect now is for a new formula that avoids the stigma...
...Kennedy are reluctant to participate in a party bloodbath so soon after the electoral massacre. Westwood, moreover, is playing her own brand of survival politics. Rather than stacking key party posts with McGovernites, she has been appointing people from other sections of the party. Because she was shut out of any major role in the Mc-Govern campaign, she has had time to do a little work for herself. Thus her travels to see Wallace and other Southern Governors. Reminding people that she managed Humphrey's campaign in Utah in 1968, she insists: "I have run coalition politics...
...months ago Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos imposed martial law on his archipelago nation?to "save the Republic," he said, from leftist insurgents. Marcos quickly shut down most of the country's newspapers and television stations and jailed many of his political opponents. He also moved to halt widespread bureaucratic corruption and initiate long-promised but hopelessly delayed economic reforms, and he talked of creating a "new society" in the Philippines. TIME'S Robert Elson recently visited Manila to assess some of Marcos' changes and the Filipinos' reactions to them. His report...
...villas in the new suburb of Makati, where private security guards carrying carbines patrol outside the smart shops. One notable change, though, is the whitewashed cleanliness of city walls that once were covered with revolutionary slogans and anti-Marcos graffiti. They were washed clean by ROTC students after Marcos shut down the universities. Now that colleges have reopened, the students are obliged to spend their weekends cleaning up vacant lots...
...Harvard defense, which has surprised all season long with a string of fine performances, is healthy after its second Ivy shut-out. Goalie Steve Kidder, who began his Ivy campaign by allowing three goals to Columbia, has come back to allow his next four Ivy opponents a mere three goals. Kiddies are now the third-ranked goalie in the league with 1.20 goals against average...