Word: standoff
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Wisconsin primary, he had counted on carrying four populous eastern districts and the delegates-at-large for a minimum of 18½ votes to Hubert Humphrey's 12½ (TIME, Feb. 1). Under the new rules, the same outcome would result in a 15½-15½ vote standoff, effectively neutralizing the Wisconsin delegation to the national convention. Said State Chairman Patrick J. Lucey, a not-so-secret Kennedy supporter: "The change can only be interpreted as an attempt to benefit the candidate of those proposing the formula." Sponsor of the new rules: Committeeman Sam Rizzo, ex-United Auto...
...budget balance. He must soon decide whether to extend the U.S. ban on nuclear testing, which expires at year's end. And Jan. 26 is the day the Taft-Hartley injunction expires in the marathon steel strike (see The Economy), with both sides still at a stubborn standoff...