Word: targets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...campaign that Hart managed) and Jimmy Carter in 1976. Despite the way the system is now stacked, says Hart, "I don't have to win the nomination in March." It will suffice, he thinks, to pick off the majority of a delegation here and there?his first target was the Maine caucuses held on Sunday, with 27 delegates at stake?and win a fair share of delegates in states that Mondale might carry, such as Florida and Illinois. That way he could keep Mondale from building an insuperable lead, and make his real drive in big states such...
...factory gates. Campaign Chairman James Johnson says there will be a corresponding drop in "institutional" appearances, presumably including speeches at labor rallies, though no one will say so. Mondale is proud of his endorsement by the AFL-CIO, but his identification with Big Labor has been a prime target of attacks by Hart and Glenn, and in New Hampshire at least it seems to have lost more votes than it gained...
Jackson's defenders noted that he has been a target of harassment throughout the campaign. A group called Jews Against Jackson, an offshoot of the radical Jewish Defense League that has been disavowed by leaders of most Jewish organizations, pledged publicly to disrupt his candidacy. Two of its members were arrested for interrupting his announcement speech on Nov. 3 in Washington, D.C. A window in Jackson's New Hampshire campaign headquarters in Manchester was smashed, and his campaign offices in Garden Grove, Calif., were fire bombed...
...windows. He played the role of a neophyte dealer, wearing miniature microphones when he met with corrupt police. His work led to the conviction of ten policemen and the indictment of three others, none of whom have yet started serving any time in prison. It also made him a target for revenge...
...read it in the Times--it seems when those brave socialists took over, a few of the fringe elements whiled away theafternoons holding target practiceout on the beach. Problem was, they were shooting at the yachts in the regattas held by the Grenada Yacht Club...