Word: marginalization
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Iowa precinct caucuses of Jan. 21 had drawn a crowded field of candidates and in the early going, some surprising turnouts by the voters. But the voters proved remarkably hard to predict. On the Democratic side, Ted Kennedy won the blue-collar and the black vote by a heavy margin in Philadelphia but lost both on April 22 in Pittsburgh, on the opposite side of Pennsylvania. In New York, voters disenchanted with Carter gave a victory to Kennedy, while in Wisconsin they streamed across party lines to vote for Reagan, the man ex-President Ford said could...
...over defending title-holder Princeton provided a new chapter for Great Harvard Sports Stories. The match literally boiled down to the final point, as fifth-spotted sophomore Chip Robie--rebounding from a three-day illness--edged Tiger Jason Fish in the decisive fifth game by a narrow 15-13 margin. Seniors John Stubbs at number three and Bob Blake at number eight also collected five-game triumphs...
After some intense lobbying, Carter's pet project passed over-whelmingly in the Senate and then squeaked thorugh the House by a slight margin...
...primary goal the ousting of Silber. Then the sudent forum demanded his dismissal and 600 professors from Harvard, the Massachusetts Instiutue of Technology and other area schools signed petitions calling for his resignation. Finally, in December the faculty in a stormy meeting voted by a two-to-one margin to urge the trustees to fire Silber...
...personnel to determine whether the union can represent them in their dealings with Harvard. The NLRB decision climaxes a two-and-a-half year legal battle between the University and District 65. June 29: Medical Area workers vote to reject the union's bid to represent them by a margin of 436-346, putting a halt to the organizing campaign...