Word: solids
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...night before the debate, Glenn delivered an unusually warm five-minute TV speech, a last-ditch, do-or-die appeal to New Hampshire voters that cost $10,000. Ten reruns were scheduled. Hart, desperate not to lose momentum, dumped $100,000 into television ads and cranked up his solid organization. Mondale just sat tight. His aides fretted. "New Hampshire's not our kind of state," said one, alluding to its Yankee conservatism-and orneriness. "There's a big what-the-hell vote. A candidate like Hart could single-shot...
...Force, which will operate Slick Six, plans to fly up to ten missions annually. Another point in Vandenberg's favor: shuttles will be launched due south and will fly over Antarctica as well as vast stretches of water, regions where the craft's solid-fuel rocket boosters and external tank can be safely jettisoned...
...WEST is solid Reagan country, the bedrock of his electoral victory four years ago. In 1980, Reagan won more than a hundred electoral votes by carrying every state: in the West except Hawaii. He looks likely to repeat this trick in 1984 and win states like Arizona, Oregon, Wyoming, and the big prize, California (45 electoral votes), against almost any Democratic candidate--especially Mondale. The only Democrat right now who could give him a lot of trouble is Cranston, but the California senator is struggling right now in the East and shows little sign of being able to last even...
Mondale's solid union support is a double-edged sword...
...getting the ball to their big gun, the Harvard guard corps turned in a solid performance and demonstrated some promising depth as it chalked up several snazzy assists. What sophomore Anne Kelly had started, freshman Gia Barresi finished off. They manage to slow down the Harvard offense in the second stanza to avoid a fast break-induced fatigue which has troubled the team...