Word: solidate
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...strains have further weakened Democratic political machines, diminished mayoral patronage powers and eaten into old special-interest coalitions. Republicans, independents and rebels suddenly have solid chances to win in unexpected places. Some examples...
...success of Brown's strategy is now based on the reasonably solid premise that the Vietnam War will not end in the next month. By-passing the emotional Washington march. Moratorium leaders think they can gradually build a movement over the winter that will bring wavering student radicals back into the political system while driving adult voters out to its left...
...know him through his charming mannerisms, his strong moral opinions, his reactions to other people. Hitchcock abandons a manipulative shooting style for one that is simply assured. From the opening sequence, a series of pans over Phoenix succeeded by a track into a dark hotel window, one feels a solid engagement with the character's personal situations. The people of the film exist in the world, not in relation to some abstract scheme intended for moral edification...
...Crimson, on the other hand, has a solid core of top runners, four of whom can probably outrun Cahill. John Quirk has won every meet so far, and despite a slight muscle pull in his calf, he may win again today. Marshall Jones, Tom New, and George Barker should finish right behind...
...Wesleyan match showed that Harvard has put it all together, and that the Crimson won't be easily thrown off its game. But Cornell is formidable and can back up its brutishness with a fairly solid technique and a measure of precision in the backfield...