Word: widening
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Empire State is the biggest prize yet, and the second biggest (after California) in the race for the nomination. Although Hart and Mondale have split the primaries, Mondale has fared far better in the caucuses, winning almost twice as many delegates. A victory in New York would not only widen that gap, but would show that Mondale can pull in the popular vote. Says a top official of the Democratic National Committee: "If Hart loses New York, he has to win virtually everything else the rest of the way. Mondale is trying for the K.O., and he may score...
...biggest oil-exporting terminal. If that happens, the Iranian government of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini has threatened to retaliate by blockading the 40-to-60-mile-wide Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the non-Communist world's crude oil passes. Such a closure, in turn, could widen the war considerably. President Reagan declared only two weeks ago, "There is no way we could stand by and see that sea-lane denied to shipping...
...legislation that have put a premium on high-cost politicking. Especially in primaries, the race often goes to the candidate who has purchased the most media coverage and funded the most extensive telephone and direct mail campaigns. The advance of more sophisticate and more expensive compute technology, has helped widen this spending...
...addition, Roberts and yardling Dan Simkowitz helped widen the margin, turning in brilliant performances to take the 500-yd, freestyle and the 200-yd backstroke However, this marked a day when diving would betray the aquamen, as their opponents took the top two spots in both the one-and three-meter events...
...intermission and 29 seconds later, the Crimson failed to take a puck Blair had tried to clear before left wing Chris Delaney smacked it in to widen...