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Word: lastditch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Coattails. President Eisenhower's lastditch campaigning was credited with helping pull Ohio into the G.O.P. column, and he nearly turned the trick in New Jersey. Kennedy grabbed a few coattails. running behind Senator Paul Douglas and Gubernatorial Candidate Otto Kerner in Illinois, and in many other states trailed local Democratic front runners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ELECTION: How the Vote Broke | 11/21/1960 | See Source »

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