Word: winningly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...controlled convention. But there was a rising possibility that he might be frozen out before he had a chance to demonstrate his public support in meaningful primaries; more and more Democratic Governors (TiME. July 6), and even Senators, were threatening to run as favorite sons. The way to win public support, he made clear, is to run big in a key state. And nothing looked more key-or more appealing-than Ohio, with its cross section of Midwest industry and agriculture and its tradition of independent voting...
Biggest individual vote went to Hawaii's Territorial Delegate to the U.S. Congress, John A. Burns, 50, who beat his primary opponent 10-1 to win the Democratic nomination for Governor, outpolled Territorial Governor William F. Quinn, 39, unopposed for the Republican nomination, by a resounding...
...Adenauer knew that few Christian Democrats would risk a party split merely to salvage Ludwig Erhard's pride, and that all were linked in timidity by the desire to win in 1961. Finally, Erhard was persuaded to accept a compromise from Adenauer that included neither apologies nor promises. A new Adenauer letter, addressed to "Dear Herr Erhard," was read to the full Christian Democratic parliamentary caucus: "The intention to offend you or degrade your reputation was absolutely remote to me . . . You can be sure of my full confidence in you as a politician and as a man ... I gratefully...
More than 10,000 spectators lined the shore of Onondaga Lake, at Syracuse, N.Y., for the Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta. For the first time in years, Syracuse University's home-town crew was picked to win. As Referee Clifford ("Tip") Goes sent the shells streaking away from their stake boats, no one paid much attention to the University of Wisconsin's crew, which had not even been good enough to qualify for the finals of the Eastern sprint championships last month, had, in fact, wound up dead last in the consolation race...
...held the lead, but at the halfway mark, running a stroke under Syracuse, Coach Norm Sonju's Wisconsin eight forged in front. At two miles, Syracuse edged closer. But with a half mile to go, Wisconsin mounted a killing sprint at 39 strokes per minute, coasted home to win by two lengths for its first I.R.A. victory since 1951, when the regatta was held at Marietta, Ohio...