Word: candied
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years, an underdog candidate scored a stunning upset against the dominant party. San Jose Economist Rodrigo Carazo, 51, running under the banner of the center-left Unity Party, managed to snare a shade more than 50% of the 755,000 votes cast; he edged out Luis Alberto Monge, the candi date of the long-ruling National Liberation Party, who got just under...
Chocolate cake, a bottle of Califor nia champagne and a lot of razzing greeted Republican Presidential Candi date Ronald Reagan when he reached 65 last week. Reporters on the campaign trail offered application forms for Social Security and Medicare, and composed a ditty to the tune of California, Here I Come. Sample lyrics: "Senior citizens, I'm with you/ Guarantee my boodle too/ Voluntary, actuary, that's all bum/ Social Security here I come." Reagan, who is in fact a voluble critic of the current Social Security system and says he does not intend to claim the benefits...
...Udall, Henry Jackson, Birch Bayh, Fred Harris and Milton Shapp all favored making possession of minor amounts a civil offense punishable only by fine-though they favored keeping a strict penalty for pushing. Another respondent, Lloyd Bentsen, favored lessening of the criminal penalties for first offenders. So far, Republican Candi dates Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan have not changed their positions against decriminalization...
...Boulac, whose territory includes Washington, Oregon and parts of Texas and Ohio, the cycle begins in earnest during the summer with mailed queries to hundreds of high school coaches for the names of prospects. Their replies provide a pool of nearly 1,000 candi dates. Next, each youngster receives a questionnaire asking if he is interested in Notre Dame. That begins a whittling-down process designed to cut the number to a more manageable 100 by December when Boulac begins weekly jet tours. Dressed in a green "Irish" blazer, Boulac passes through an endless series of gyms and coaches...
...Overseers were nominated by a committee of alumni appointed by the Overseers for the job. Candi...