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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...convention. But the Republicans were not to recapture the White House for another four years so the field was crowded. He won only the Wisconsin and Nebraska primaries but his delegates split the party which went to the convention with the nomination still in doubt. Ohio Sen. Robert A. Taft offered him the second spot on the ticket in exchange for his delegates but Stassen refused and forced a second and third ballot. But before the third, Taft saw his support eroding and, still unable to secure Stassen's support, conceded the nomination to New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Death, Taxes and Stassen | 12/6/1983 | See Source »

With three seconds remaining in the second stanza, Landry took a pass from Deb Taft in the center just over the Bruin blue line. From there she skimmed a 35-foot shot past Spaulder for a go-ahead goal...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Bruins Shock Icewomen | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

Some customers said they had been attracted by the prestigious company that the Sentinel concerns kept. Sentinel was a client of the prominent Wall Street law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, which has also counseled the likes of Holiday Inns, Occidental Petroleum and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Peat, Marwick, Mitchell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The $130 Million Celebrity Scam: Two Wall Street Firms | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...honorable mention defenseman Megan Berthold and cohorts Sue Newell and Deb Taft take the ice for their fourth season. However, the team needs one more defenseman to stabilize its lineup at the blueline...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: The Icewomen Returneth | 11/29/1983 | See Source »

Similar results emerge when examining the relative contributions to American leadership. In the 97th Congress, 44 senators and representatives have studied in Cambridge, 23 in New Haven. Six American Presidents did time at Harvard, two at Yale (although both had special distinctions--William Howard Taft, a College graduate, was the largest President, Gerald R. Ford of the Law School, was the only unelected...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Yale hates Harvard; Harvard doesn't care | 11/16/1983 | See Source »

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