Word: turnout
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stalwarts of his own party he had become a liberal anomaly. He knew that a hard core of party conservatives -30% or so-always opposed him on ideological grounds, making him vulnerable in a primary with a light turnout and a right-wing challenger. That was the formula for his defeat last week. In a race in which he did not even use television ads and spent little time away from his Senate duties-"Every poll and writer indicated that I would win handsomely," Case explains-he lost by 3,500 votes out of 233,000 to Bell, a relatively...
...number of constituencies where the second-round election would be decided by the narrowest of margins. "If just a few of our supporters decide to go fishing on March 19, we could still lose," declared a centrist campaign aide. To prevent a diminution of the 29 million first-round turnout, 15 center-right Cabinet ministers stormed the hustings...
...intensive lobbying efforts of several minority leaders--many of whom spent the entire weekend making phone calls to convention delegates--combined with the impressive turnout of a far-from-reticent group of minority students, held sway...
...DiBenedetto, one of the tournament's organizers, said he was delighted with the turnout and thanked everyone who watched, participated or officiated in the competition. Proceeds will go to the Andrew Puopolo Memorial Fund...
David A. Aloian '49, who addressed the parents in Memorial Hall with President Bok and Tony Downer '79, chairman of the student coordinating committee, said yesterday that although the turnout was smaller than Freshman Parents Weekend, "the quality of the program and the response of the parents was really fine...