Word: overshadowed
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Presidential contests naturally overshadow the rest of a national election, but the top of the ticket does not necessarily control the fate of those farther down. The party of a re-elected presidential incumbent may profit richly from his hold on the electorate, as the Democrats did in 1964 under Lyndon B. Johnson. Or it can actually lose ground in Congress, as the Republicans did in 1956 under Dwight D. Eisenhower. In either case, races for Congress and Statehouses turn to a large extent on local issues and personalities, with plenty of help from money and mud. Last week, with...
...riots to 41. In Durban, six political activists whom the government was trying to detain fled to the British consulate, where they were granted sanctuary. The wife of one of the men is Ela Ramgobin, granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi. Indeed, the week's events seemed likely to overshadow ceremonies for the introduction of the new constitution. Bringing nonwhites into the government for the first time had been achieved by the ruling National Party government with difficulty, and the plan was fiercely opposed by right-wing Afrikaners. The new Parliament is itself an apt metaphor for apartheid, the official policy...
...good news could not overshadow two important bits of bad information, which strike at issues fundamental to the long-term financial health of Harvard--governmental relations and fundraising. The resolution of a long-brewing dispute with the federal government over the management of research funds here and the slowing of Harvard's fundraising drive were ample reminder of the frailey of Harvard's wealth, even in these heady days of economic recovery...
...which the nation may be wistful. Liberation meant something very wonderful and literal then. It had not acquired the cynical, even Orwellian overtone one hears in, say, "the liberation of Saigon." And there were things that seemed worth dying for without question. Today the questions always seem to overshadow the commitment. The morals of sacrifice, so clear then, are more confusing...
...recent weeks, these conflicting perceptions of Jesse Jackson have come to overshadow his remarkable achievements in the Democratic primaries. Almost overnight, he shattered the prevailing wisdom that a black could not make a credible run for the presidency. He has spurred an unprecedented black voter turnout, outlasted five more politically experienced white rivals, and picked up enough delegates and prestige to play a major role at the Democratic Convention in July. Says former Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert Strauss: "Jesse Jackson has had a larger impact on American politics than either he or anyone else anticipated." But as his successes...