Word: votes
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...campaigned, Bush stressed his broad experience in government. In Boston, he pursued the youth vote very nearly to the cradle: "I want to restore the stars in third-graders' eyes." But he failed to stir his audiences with speeches that contained more thought than passion and were carefully qualified. Compared with either Connally or Reagan, Bush is unexciting on the stump, a serious handicap for any long shot...
...Indians; 2) obtain permits from the Ohio Division of Wildlife; 3) remove plumage only from birds that had been found dead; and 4) not give away any feathers, though they could be bequeathed to another Indian. The bill floated through the Ohio house of representatives last week by a vote of 78 to 17, but may be shot down in the state senate. Jeered State Senator John Kasich: "This is a perfect example of government at its silliest...
Even before the vote tally established that the Conservatives had an absolute majority of 318 seats, outgoing Prime Minister Callaghan drove to Buckingham Palace last Friday to hand in his resignation to the Queen. Minutes after he left the palace precincts, Thatcher was on her way to "kiss hands" and receive the royal commission to form a government. Denis Thatcher accompanied his wife to the palace; like Prime Ministers' spouses before him, he remained downstairs to chat with the Queen's aides...
Senate Democratic leader Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) said yesterday he would not be "intimidated" by the idea that his vote alone could destroy the pact's chances for ratification. Byrd added that two major debates in the Senate would probably determine the vote. One discussion would concern the possibilities of hidden Soviet advantage in the treaty and the other would deal with the difficulties in verifying Soviet claims...
...demise, while recognizing that support for Clark would label him a traiter in his home province. Trudeau, mean-while, has denied the right of Quebec to separate and refuses to negotiate sovereignty association. Clark has said he would negotiate. Levesque has pledged he would separate only with a majority vote on a referendum...