Word: stevenson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...boxing preliminaries lacked the razzle-dazzle supplied by Sugar Ray Leonard and four other U.S. gold medalists in 1976. But Teofilio Stevenson, 29, was once again on hand to play wrecking ball to the heavyweight division. Although rumored to be out of shape, the regal Cuban knocked out his first opponent, Nigerian Solomon Ataga, with one lethal right-hand punch and then considerately helped him to his corner...
...they had been essentially "beauty contests" that tested a candidate's appeal to the voters but did not usually bind the convention delegates. In 1952, for example, Estes Kefauver swept through the 15 primaries, only to be denied the nomination by party bosses who gave it to Adlai Stevenson instead. Under the new rules drafted after 1968, the results of the primaries became binding on convention delegates. "Direct democracy" had triumphed. The convention, rather than choosing a President, simply celebrated the result. Says Kansas Senator Nancy Kassebaum, whose father Alf Landon was nominated at a "real" convention...
Harking back to Adlai Stevenson, the twice-defeated Democratic candidate in the '50s who was much beloved in Britain, one London newsman asked, "What makes you think you can win the presidency on the basis of intelligence and realism if Adlai Stevenson could...
Mary Poppins Directed by Robert Stevenson At the Pi-Alley...
Israel has always had more than its share of support .in the U.S. Congress. Lately, however, it has been getting a measure of criticism, particularly over its policy of building new Jewish settlements on the occupied West Bank. Democratic Senator Adlai Stevenson of Illinois offered an amendment to an Israeli aid bill that would have withheld $150 million of the $785 million in economic grants to Israel until Jerusalem imposed a moratorium on new settlements. The measure was defeated 85 to 7. A day before, Senator Henry (Scoop) Jackson, the Washington Democrat who has long been one of Israel...