Word: ticket
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...before the North Carolina primary, helping Carter to beat Wallace in both. By proving that a moderate Southerner could top Wallace in Dixie, those two early victories gained Carter much support among liberals and showed that, in Teddy Kennedy's words, Carter deserved a place on the Democratic ticket, at least as Veep...
...with him. He reminds Republicans of "the tragedy of 1964 ... until that election, in the House of Representatives we had about 185 Republican members. After the election, we had 140." "Surely," he continues, "you're not going to let that happen again by letting the wrong person lead the ticket in November...
...stand-by equipment; when the job was offered he quickly accepted it. Robert Kennedy in 1964 convinced his friends how really awful he thought it would be to serve as Lyndon Johnson's running mate. Not long afterward he tried, and failed, to muscle his way onto the ticket...
Reems, who says his performances have "probably sold more ticket to porno films than anyone else in the business," said he asked Dershowitz to represent him because "I went to find the best in the land and Alan Dershowitz is certainly up there among the top two or three, and he's certainly got some experience in obscenity...
Right On, Roy. In 1972 Ahmet Ertegun, chairman of Atlantic Records, heard Buchanan play in New York's Carnegie Hall and said: "You can write your own ticket on my label." Only now has Buchanan finally decided to pick up that ticket. His new LP on Atlantic, A Street Called Straight, is working its way onto the charts and has generally been hailed as the first album that captures the excitement Buchanan can generate in public performances...