Word: stronghold
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...enemies, whose dislike for one another seems to be exceeded only by their distaste for the mayor, have been unable to decide which great white hope to get behind. This year, for the first time in 70 years, Cook County's Democratic Central Committee, Mayor Daley's former stronghold, could not agree on a standard-bearer. So neither Byrne nor the mayor's archenemy, Alderman Edward Vrdolyak, leader of the anti-Washington faction on the city council, has the blessing of the machine...
...Karen Schneider: a sophomore butterflier, who, with Dehmel, Quinn and Turnock, should make the butterfly races a Harvard stronghold...
...President demonstrated her resolve by not holding the negotiations with Misuari in Malacanang Palace but instead flying to Jolo, a Muslim stronghold in the Sulu Island chain 600 miles south of Manila. Misuari, leader of the separatist Moro National Liberation Front, has headed the Philippine Muslims' struggle for independence for the past 14 years from self-imposed exile in the Middle East. Following a two-hour meeting in a heavily guarded Roman Catholic convent, the two leaders agreed to hold talks that are expected to focus on Muslim autonomy in the south. Aquino told Misuari at one point, "Faith...
...third generation of Kennedys to seek political office, the brother and sister both face congressional primaries early this month, a rite of passage that, for the Kennedys, is the equivalent of confirmation or graduation in other families. Joe, 33, is running in Massachusetts' historic Eighth District, a liberal Democratic stronghold in Boston and Cambridge, and an area J.F.K. represented before moving on to the Senate in 1952, the year Joe was born. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, 35, the first Kennedy woman to seek office, is running for Congress in a less familiar place, Maryland's Second District, north of Baltimore...
...next year, Gettysburg in 1988, the Wilderness Campaign in 1989 and Appomattox in 1990. In the meantime, there is no danger of peace breaking out and boring everyone. If the French and Indian War catches your imagination, there are rousing battles at Old Fort Niagara, a restored 18th century stronghold on Lake Ontario. The conflict usually re-enacted is the siege of Fort Niagara, won by the British in 1759. But, one Saturday not long ago, the Siege of Oswego (1756) was refought, and the French and their Indian allies forced a British surrender. Afterward, Harry Burgess, 38, a Port...