Word: foreshortening
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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While the reformers would all foreshorten the election year, they all disagree on the methods of change. Some would eliminate the state primaries; others would settle for a national primary, or 50 state primaries in the same week. The conventions might be pushed forward to August or September, or Election Day moved back. There is no universal panacea. Says Dick Nixon, facing the toughest campaign of his life: "The campaigns are certainly too long for the well-being of the candidates. Here is one place where I think our British cousins have a good word. They have a three-week...