Word: wide
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fact, the lengths Volpe had to go to get a man for every office suggests just that. It is not at all obvious that Republican strength rests on more than the party's vigorous personalities or the opposition's week candidates. There was virtually no competition for two state wide-offices (Raymond Traubel, the endorsee for Secretary of State, was drafted from the governor's State House staff, and like Fernandes, his candidacy was announced less than 72 hours before the convention), and for a third, there was only a belated struggle. That fight did not develop until the Democrats...
...this November's elections may be the most important in many-a-year for both Republicans and Democrats. In November, for the first time, state wide officers will be elected for four, instead of two years. With an uninterrupted term like that, Volpe may be able to demonstrate whether the Republicans can do more than keep the corner office warm between Democratic Administrations
...fact catches even an agile politician like Lyndon Johnson in a dilemma. He can act within a relatively wide range of alternatives, and be sure that the public will approve of what he does; but the same public will almost inevitably dislike the outcome. Since the Stanford-Chicago poll was taken the conflicts between the Ky government and the Buddhists, plus the steadily rising number of casualties, have discredited the President's policies. In the latest nationwide poll, only 47 per cent supported Johnson's actions in Vietnam...
George Segal as Nick seems much too wide-eyed and innocent at the outset. He provides little in the way of transition to the sharper Nick that should emerge later. Still, Segal is at least adequate. Sandy Dennis as Honey overplays shamelessly, and only the relative unimportance of her role in the movie makes it possible to ignore her most of the time...
...year's second quarter ends this week, and for savings and loan associations that is a time when depositors are tempted to pocket their quarterly dividends and then pull out their mon ey. To prevent wide-scale withdrawals and to attract funds for mortgages, Los Angeles' Home Savings and Loan Association, the nation's biggest, boosted the rate on regular passbook accounts from 5% to 5¼% , and on longer, 36-month savings to 5¾% . Other S & Ls followed suit but may be squeezed for profits at these rates because many are less efficient than Chairman...