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Whoever the killers were, they left a political void that will not easily be filled. A few possible candidates were mentioned. One was Camille Chamoun, 82, who served as President from 1952 to 1958 and in the end had to seek the help of the U.S. Marines to keep the country from disintegrating. Another was Raymond Eddé, 69, a former presidential aspirant living in Paris. But Bashir's brother Amin has become the front runner simply by announcing his candidacy...
...Manville finally sued 27 of its carriers in state court in San Francisco. As part of their defense, some of the firms claimed that Manville was aware of the dangers of asbestos as far back as the 1930s and did not inform them, thus making the policies void. That case has not yet been settled...
...Yank the Crank" committee was formed. T shirts displaying that motto went on sale in Brad Hooper's village store. There were town meetings and more town meetings. Lawyers were hired, and briefs got filed with the public utilities commission to prevent the conversion to dial, and even void the sale...
...sham," arguing that it would give a "green light" to Salvadorans to "do anything they damn well please." Democratic Representatives Tom Harkin of Iowa and Gerry Studds of Massachusetts announced plans to introduce a resolution in the House that would declare the Administration's report "null and void...
...candidates media ploys, public pronouncements, travel schedules, deployment of personnel--White briskly showed how every little tactical choice carried the potential for making or breaking a campaign. And in 1976, when White refrained from writing about the presidential sweepstakes, no one else's electoral post mortem could fill the void. Jules Witcover's painstakingly researched Marathon came surprisingly close, but even casual readers of the genre could see it lacked the romance of The Making of the President series...