Word: slims
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fact, Julian magic played such a critical role in the nomination of George McGovern that McGovern probably would not be in the position to have even the slim chance he does of evicting Richard Nixon had he not had Julian out preachin and healin for him. Although in the final tabulation of delegate votes, a large number of black delegates cast their votes for Shirley Chisholm in a symbolic show of black solidarity and strength; when it counted, on the credentials votes on the South Carolina. California and Cook County delegations, and on the initial Presidential rollcalls, blacks backed McGovern...
...race against Humphrey in Ohio has been rated a toss up and several McGovern people even felt their man held a definite edge. The early returns confirmed this prediction, as McGovern crept to a slim lead edging Humphrey in the industrial towns that should have been has strong ends. But, Big Labor had sunk most of its money into the Muskie campaign and when Muskie folded after Flonda and Wisconsin became wary of spending any more of its resources in the unpredictable prodigal primary run.Throughout election night in Ohio and into the dawn McGovern clung to his lead. But, then...
...Eleanor 50). They project a warmth that reaches their listeners in a way that their spouses manage only rarely. The rest is a study in contrasting styles. Eleanor, often in pantsuits, looks like the petite, bubbly cheerleader she once was back in high school in Woonsocket, S. Dak. Pat, slim and regally straight-backed, has only once appeared on the hustings in slacks. She seems in photographs to be aloof, brittle, a shade too manicured and coiffed to be quite real or approachable...
Considering all those obstacles, chances are slim for getting the treaty past the draft stage. Washington now hopes to fight terrorists through bilateral arrangements with like-minded countries. Toward that end, Rogers will discuss the situation with 51 different foreign ministers...
...been warned by intelligence agents to expect some sort of terrorist attack, and particularly to be on the lookout for parcel bombs sent through the mail. But in the rush to distribute incoming mail after the three-day Yom Kippur weekend, no one paid any particular attention to four slim letters that had been airmailed from Amsterdam and hand-addressed to individual embassy staffers. Three of the letters were never opened. But Agricultural Counselor Ami Shachori, 44, nonchalantly ripped open the fourth without even interrupting the conversation he was having with a colleague, Theodor Kaddar. "This is important...