Word: slates
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Remarkably enough, much of the U.S. political right bought Kissinger's argument. "I am satisfied," said Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater,* and so was California's Governor Ronald Reagan. Anna Chennault, a longtime supporter of Chiang Kaishek, signaled agreement by permitting her name to appear on a slate of delegates pledged to Nixon at the Republican National Convention. Some conservatives, of course, reacted as Nixon may have expected them to. Ohio Congressman John Ashbrook, who is challenging Nixon in the New Hampshire primary, called the Taiwan statement a "sellout" that will lead eventually to a Communist takeover...
Bunting said she did not consider remaining at Harvard, even if a part time appointment could be arranged, "because I want my successor to have a clean slate to work with." She decided to retire last February because "I'm not interested in running things anymore...
...gives a fuck about dual meets?" I once heard a swimmer remark. "The only thing I give a damn about are the Eastern and the Nationals." With these words of wisdom in mind, and with Harvard's dual-meet slate (which ended last week with a traditional blitzing by Yale) finally over, the Crimson will be looking for greater glory when it returns to New Haven this weekend for the year's version of the Eastern Seabord Championships...
...working with road maps, a pocketful of dimes for pay-phone calls, and tips from an ever-widening circle of political contacts, Howell began rounding up troops and votes. On a weekend stop at the University of Florida, he persuaded three students to run for delegate on a Muskie slate. One recent morning, he kept an appointment with a Jacksonville attorney who was interested in Muskie, then asked to use the phone in an adjoining office; soon three of the lawyer's lines were tied up with incoming calls from prospective volunteers...
...blacks and six Mexican Americans among the 25 people who will represent the state in Miami. With only eight women in the delegation, there is the threat of a challenge, but the delegation approximates the character of the state's population. In 1960, one man picked the entire slate; in 1968, a handful of men drew up the delegate list. In 1972, more than 35,000 Arizona Democrats voted in the January election; 465 attended the state convention, and despite the smoke-filled room, the reforms worked...