Word: switches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Carter and Kennedy whips worked for every vote, Illinois became a battleground. Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne had flown to New York expecting to switch some 30 of her state's 163 Carter delegates (the largest Carter contingent on the floor) to the Kennedy position on the rule. Her aides applied heavy pressure, for example offering Donna Matteo, 25, a city job if she switched. "But I worked for Carter. I was elected by people who voted for Carter, and I'm going to vote for Carter," she replied...
...call for an open convention, although still supporting the President for renomination. In Illinois, which has Carter's largest delegation (his edge is 163 to 16 over Kennedy), Waukegan Mayor Bill Morris estimated that 25% were waffling on the Carter ticket and that another 25% would switch if they could find an alternative to Kennedy; up to 40 delegates now support the open convention idea. If Carter abandoned the rules fight, Morris predicted, "he'd be a big hero and win anyway. The delegates would love...
Once again, high drama in Washington. Television's glaring floodlights may switch back on as early as next week in a Senate hearing room. Nine solemn Senators will lean into microphones to direct pointed questions across a massive table at some of the nation's highest officials, including almost certainly the Attorney General, the President's counsel and the President's National Security Adviser. The select group of Senators may go off to the White House to grill the President himself, who has pledged to cooperate, and the questioning may also include his wife Rosalynn...
...dull, gray morning in Bucharest. Two citizens enter a district city hall to exchange perfunctory "Da's " as required by law. Switch to Technicolor. Tennis Ace Bjorn Borg, in a blue blazer, no headband, and his love of four years, Rumanian Pro Mariana Simionescu, step outside into the bright sunlight and a cheering crowd of 2,000. Among them are 50 members of the Rumanian National Tennis Federation, who raise flower-bedecked racquets in a ceremonial arch. Kiss, smile, applause. Exeunt the couple in a Swedish Saab. Scene 2-Religious Ceremony. An unruly mob awaits the Borgs' arrival...
...bear to part with. Two policemen wait at a Los Angeles airport boarding gate to arrest Capote for ignoring a subpoena to testify in a murder case he had researched. The situation looks hopeless until he runs into Pearl Bailey and her gaudy entourage. She gets one groupie to switch clothing with Capote and then smuggles the frightened author aboard the plane...