Word: ward
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nomination moves toward what looks like a close and brawling finish, Reagan's superior organization shows, especially in the remaining Western convention states that still are electing delegates. For months Reagan's men burrowed into the bedrock, taking control of the local parties at the ward and precinct levels. While Ford built his state organization from the top down, Reagan built from the bottom...
Died. James Aloysius Farley, 88, Franklin D. Roosevelt's astute political strategist and fixer; in Manhattan. Farley was a consummate politician of the old ward-heeling school, a big bluff, outgoing operator who belonged to every fraternal organization from the Elks to the Eagles, knew every local Democratic chieftain from his native New York to California, and could win a new ally or stroke an old one with a warm note signed "Jim" in his trademark Irish green ink. He left a prospering building-materials business for politics, "the noblest of careers," becoming New York State Democratic Secretary...
...lashed out against federal regulation in his annual report to the Overseers this year, says the University "has changed the line we will be following in its lobbying efforts. Unable to effectively ward off pending legislation, the University will strive to establish subtler points of access to the individuals drafting the enactments affecting Harvard...
...facing the heaviest charges for allegedly tampering with 150 absentee ballots in Ward One is Edward "Ted" Steward, a three-time candidate for City Council. He recieved 1020 first-place votes from Ward One out of his total...
Graham added, "Whether or not it was 'technical,' none of us can push the law that far." Graham is a member of the liberal-moderate Cambridge Convention '75 which "challenged" 150 absentee ballots used in Ward One last November, thus triggering the controversy...