Word: stakes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stake were 67 delegates in Ohio, 59 in Illinois, 57 in Michigan and 36 in Wisconsin--219 in all. Based on preliminary results yesterday, Dole had 951 delegates in The Associated Press count--drawing near the 996 necessary to clinch nomination. Buchanan, by comparison, had but 86 delegates...
...Dole is likely to exceed the 996 delegates he needs to become the Republican presidential nominee today as voters in four key Midwest states go to the polls. At stake today are 219 delegates from Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and Illinois and an additional 10 delegates to be picked by GOP leaders in Illinois. Dole is a prohibitive favorite to sweep the field everywhere except Michigan, and with 791 delegates already, he could secure more than 1,000 delegates by tonight. With the nomination for the most part secured, Dole is already back "at work" in Washington. Today he turned...
...Clintons paid $9,000 in principal and $4,350 in interest. As they had in the past, the Clintons deducted all the payments on their 1980 tax returns, including the $9,000 payment of principal. By now, the Clintons had paid almost $36,000 in cash for their stake in Whitewater...
DETROIT: In a blow to organized crime today, Federal agents arrested the boss and leaders of the Detroit Mafia. Seventeen people were indicted on 25 different charges alleging 30 years of murder plots, extortion and racketeering. The indictments came after a long government effort to "drive a stake through the heart" of the mob, following similar arrests in Boston, New Orleans, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Newark, N.J. and New York City. The alleged Mafia boss, Jack Tocco, was arrested this morning in Boca Raton, Fla. along with his brother Anthony and reputed second in command, Anthony Zerilli. "Here in Detroit...
...Tuesday primaries, influential Republicans are urging his top two rivals to drop out of the race. Dole has already amassed 392 delegates -- more than a third of the way to the 996 needed to clinch the nomination -- and is expected to win a majority of the 362 delegates at stake today. Although Dole said he thinks he will win the nomination, he would not press Pat Buchanan or Steve Forbes to drop out of the race. "I've never been very good at putting pressure on people. There will come a time when someone needs to reach out to both...