Word: silbering
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...local pundits, the question has become whether Silber's victory in the primaries can propel him to another victory over Weld in November, or whether he will fall prey to the same fickle winds of fortuity that have doomed the Red Sox in recent days...
...Indeed, Silber was smarting from a humbling defeat at the state Democratic convention on June 1-2, just as the Sox were taking the lead away from the pesky Toronto Blue Jays. And by mid-summer, when the boys at Fenway were padding their cushion atop the American League East, Silber was wallowing deep in the polls...
...past few weeks, Bay State karma has defected from the Red Sox and settled instead on the pugnacious "straight shooter." And just when the Sox fell from first place, polls showed Silber finally within striking distance of the Democratic Party's frontrunner, former state attorney general Francis X. Bellotti...
...Silber suprised everyone--probably even himself--with a nine-point victory in Tuesday's primary. And now only William F. Weld '66--the Republican nominee--stands between him and the State House...
...course, this is Boston, and nobody's making final predictions--about either the Sox or Silber. But the politicos, at least, are eyeing a few factors they say hold the key to the fall's fortunes...