Word: ticket
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years later, when both Democrats and Republicans again nominated liberals, Buckley won 39% and a ticket to Washington. The Republicans took him back, but on his own independent terms. Whether being ahead of the pack in calling for Richard Nixon's resignation or as a stubborn opponent of federal aid sought by Northeastern Republicans, Buckley went...
Even the Boston Bruins, whose tickets were jealously hoarded by corporations and streams of long lost counsins for several sellout years, had seats available last season as Bobby Orr headed for Chicago via the hospital, and Phil Esposito was traded to New York. As the 1976-77 season begins, the Bruins have 2,000 fewer season ticket holders than they did last year. A similar story is being repeated in big league towns throughout the country...
...patronage is needed. Many city workers have been found working other jobs, or more frequently, laboring at the party offices, while supposedly occupying a desk in City Hall. And this month extended sick leave (with pay) will be awarded to deserving city workers needed to campaign for the Democratic ticket...
...sometimes brilliantly, through five presidencies. Young, he was Cassius Clay, the "Louisville Lip," establishing himself with his fists, his doggerel and his outrageous predictions. Now, four months away from his 35th birthday, he is Muhammad, the Muslim minister, pledged to peace and God. But he is also a great ticket salesman. If vulgarity sells tickets...
...degree, the image is justified. The futuristic Shinkansen, or "bullet" trains, whisk passengers as far as 735 miles from Tokyo to Fukuoka City in the southernmost main island of Kyushu in six hours flat amid plush comfort. That trip costs only $31.15 for a one-way economy-class ticket with a $20.70 surcharge for first-class...