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...unseat the Elis will prove at best a formidable task. Both crews stand undefeated after the early season match races. By virtue of its triumphs last year and its impressive victory margins this spring the Elis topped the Crimson in the national coaches poll...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Heavies Aim for Yale at Sprints--Again | 5/9/1980 | See Source »

Members of the losing Ward 2 slate petitioned for a recount yesterday. A switch of as few as ten votes could unseat many of the elected liberals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Progressive Democrats Retain Control Of Cambridge City Committee Posts | 3/11/1980 | See Source »

...Miller, a B.U. professor of sociology and activist in the group seeking to oust Silber, said yesterday the faculty vote was a significant victory and added that the move to unseat Silber is gaining momentum...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: Silber Declines Faculty's Retirement Plan | 1/11/1980 | See Source »

...were understandably loath to get caught in the crossfire, she settled on Alderman Edward Burke, 35, a lawyer and a former policeman who favors tailored suits and vest pocket watch fobs. Like other members of the machine, he had been at odds with Byrne. During her primary campaign to unseat Mayor Bilandic, Byrne sneered at the ambitious and smooth-talking Burke, calling him a member of "an evil cabal," that surrounded Mayor Bilandic. Asked how the mayor could change her mind and support him, Burke grinned and said: "Well, some cabals are more evil than others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Calamity Jane Strikes Again | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...Long machine in Louisiana and for the civil rights of blacks in Mississippi. After majoring in international affairs at Princeton, young Hodding took over the family's Delta Democrat-Times in Greenville, Miss. He helped organize a biracial Democratic Party in Mississippi and led its successful fight to unseat the all-white regular delegation at the 1968 National Convention. He joined Jimmy Carter's campaign early in 1976 and now jokes: "I was chosen for this job either because I was a small-town editor, I was a brilliant writer, or I worked for Jimmy Carter. Obviously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: A Diplomat on the Podium | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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