Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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A supervisor for eight years and a former head of the city's finance committee, Kopp campaigned aggressively as the man who could solve San Francisco's recent fiscal problems. Feinstein argued that she had united a diverse city after Moscone's death. But in the end...
The campaign left her exhausted. At a victory party, she clutched a ginger ale and complained: "I've got a stomach- ache." She faces some daunting problems: the need for cuts to make up a projected deficit of $117 million and balance the budget, as required by law. But...
John Connally may not be able to lift his standings in the polls, but there is one thing he can raise: money. He has already gleaned approximately $8 million, far more than any G.O.P. rival and about $2.2 million more than Ronald Reagan, the Republican front runner. Last week Connally...
As a Republican trying to become the Governor of Louisiana, David Treen, 51, faced an electorate that was 95% Democratic. What was more, no Republican had been elected to the office since Reconstruction. But last week the four-term Congressman defeated liberal Democrat Louis Lambert, 690,691 to 681,134...
Treen won by emphasizing his staunchly conservative stands in a state where the Democrats often vote like Republicans. Surprisingly, he got the backing of all the major Democrats that Lambert had beaten in the primary. A pro-union populist with a careening political style, Lambert hurt his own cause by...