Word: surely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sure sign of concern was a massive last-minute surge of Republican advertising. Nixon's managers had planned all along to spend $10 million to boost their man, 70% of it on television. When Humphrey began gaining with alarming rapidity, the budget was increased to $12 million, including an additional $1,700,000 earmarked for TV. Extra 60-second spots were booked on programs in 15 states, including the eight so-called "battleground states" that account for 227 of the 270 electoral votes needed for victory-California, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas. In a final...
...final margin was embarrassingly short of that estimate. To be sure, the smooth success of his early campaign strategy gave ample reason for optimism. Determined to shuck his loser's image, he entered six primaries, won them all- frightening off Michigan's Governor George Romney before the balloting even began in New Hampshire, and forcing New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller into fatal blunders of indecision. California's Governor Ronald Reagan was never a real threat; besides, after the 1964 Goldwater disaster, the G.O.P.'s centrist and progressive wings wanted nothing more to do with...
...people don't want, it's what they've got." Ironically, this familiar veteran of 22 years on the U.S. political scene set himself up as the candidate who could best effect change-and successfully persuaded the voters to accept that image. The Democrats, to be sure, made it all the easier by nominating a man who, whatever his personal credentials, was indissolubly linked with the Johnson Administration's failures in Viet Nam and in the cities...
...w.as "not exactly a household word" carried a nice touch of modesty. By the end of the campaign, many Republican strategists wished that Agnew had remained What's-His-Name. The Vice President-elect had become not only a figure of comedy and controversy but also a decided liability. "Sure I think he hurt us," said a Nixon aide on Election...
...Notre Dame students are very enthusiastic about Temple's sanctuary. In fact, since she arrived on campus a lot of students have joined the Resistance. To protect her against a bust by the Purdue trombone section, the students make sure that someone is always with her. There have been many volunteers for the cause...