Word: woos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since neither of the two large groups even approached a majority in the 120-member Knesset, Shamir and Peres immediately began to woo the leaders of 13 smaller parties in the hope of forming a coalition that could muster at least 61 seats. Day after day, potential allies trooped in to state their conditions to Shamir and Peres. Rarely had the process seemed so fractured and complex. Though Labor had won the most seats, Likud appeared to be in a slightly better position to piece together a government because the splinter parties that are ideologically closer to Likud fared better...
...effusively. When Peres spoke, he talked in generalities, carefully refraining from any criticism of Shamir that would alienate the Likud voters he is trying to woo...
With all the hoopla of a midwestern provincial fair, Canada's ruling Liberal Party held a convention in Ottawa last week to choose a successor to Pierre Elliot Trudeau, who has led the country for 15 of the past 16 years. Seven candidates tried to woo the party's 3,500 delegates with barbecued ribs and chicken, corned-beef sandwiches, chips and plenty of suds, rock bands and sightseeing boats. But in the end, after three days of speeches and revelry, the delegates Saturday evening elected on the second ballot the candidate who had been the front runner...
...over," declared second year law student Douglas Q. Woo. "Until they listen, until they act, we'll be back as protesters bearing rocks and sticks and carrying signs, from the steps of Langdell to the dean's door...
Hart cannot win enough delegates to take the nomination on the first round. Even in a best-case scenario-doubling his 886 delegates-he falls short. His aim instead is to deny a first-round victory to Mondale. At the convention, Hart then hopes to win over uncommitted delegates, woo others away from Mondale, and get still other Mondale delegates thrown out. "It's now a three-ring circus," says Caddell. "The primaries, the delegate battle, and the rules and credentials fights." Hart claims that some 500 Mondale delegates should be disqualified because they were chosen with the help...