Word: finalize
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...campaign's final days, energetic liberal Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman finds her position as frontrunner seriously imperiled by charges that she is "dangerously naive" in opposing almost all military expenditures. One of the leading liberals in Congress, Holtzman has opposed new weapon systems like the MX missile and the B-1 bomber but supports military salary increases to make voluntary forces competitive...
...after a long and careful selection process. In 1972, George McGovern chose Sen. Thomas Eagleton of Missouri in what has been described as a "one minute and two second telephone conversation." By contrast, Carter surveyed 14 nominees, held 30 to 40 meetings with key citizens, and personally interviewed the final seven contenders before nominating Mondale as his running mate in 1976. Last spring Reagan's staff polled party members nationwide to determine their vice-presidential preference, and--despite a brief flirtation with former President Ford--eventually listened to the polls and selected George Bush...
...great Republican hope in a city where Democratic politicians predominate. But after losing out to H. John Heinz's ketchup-funded effort in the 1976 state primary, the Republican machine put its strength behind another Pittsburgher, Richard Thornburgh, for the 1978 gubernatorial campaign. Thornburgh subsequently defeated Flaherty in the final contest...
Direct election: For years, analysts and legislators have argued that the electoral college, by taking the final decision "out of the people's hands," is an archaic, outmoded and unfair way of selecting our presidents. What they--and a number of Congressmen who have introduced legislation--suggest is the institution of a direct vote, with the candidate receiving a plurality of the popular vote being the winner. But opponents, who claim that a direct vote would work unfairly against small states, have held the edge in the debate...
...half months after he lost the final battle against Carter, Kennedy is out on the campaign trail again, proclaiming that the president deserves four more years. "He has a conviction that Carter would be a better president than Reagan," Richard Drayne, Kennedy's press secretary says, providing an explanation for the senator's vocal support...