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Word: platforms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Abrams who said he did not hide his membership on the assembly from South House students, ran on the position platform of "I stand on my record." Three other candidates also ran for the two vacant South House seats...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Assembly Refuses to Permit Delegate to Hold Two Seats | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...Columbia Point, national and international leaders gathered to dedicate the library and recall the memory of John F. Kennedy '40. President Carter and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.) each appeared on the platform, with the President poking fun at the Senator's possible challenge...

Author: By R.o.b. & B.f.j., | Title: Ceremonies | 10/27/1979 | See Source »

...candidates for the office. What it didn't release were position papers or issue stances. We are "dedicated to dynamic government," they said, issuing calls for "intellectual open-mindedness." But they offered no position on rent control, no mention of condominium conversions. "We have no plans to issue a platform," Nancy Goetz, treasure of the CCC said last week...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: The Style of Things to Come | 10/27/1979 | See Source »

...DESIGNER Derek McLane has a fascinating concept in the slanting plank floor and versatile wooden rhombus platform that defines the scene. But his imitation of a forest looks more like one of those soap machines that scrapes across your windshield at a roll-up-the-windows car wash. McLane's platform, moreover, makes for awkward inter-scene set changes, with podiums, benches and other pieces of furniture rolling down the platform and jerking to a stop (as the audience counts its lucky stars). Light designer Rachel Pasch has done an adequate, if not sterling job, fighting as she has with...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Beyond Redemption | 10/26/1979 | See Source »

...minimum goal is to have enough delegates to play a role in drafting the Democratic platform," says Campaign Manager Thomas Quinn. A minimum role may be all Brown can play. Since August, he has been able to raise only $250, 000. Brown forces had hoped that Kennedy would stay out of the race long enough for their man to get some "fence-sitting" money. Strapped for funds, Brown has had to delay formally declaring his candidacy. Otherwise he will lose local television exposure; as long as he is a noncandidate, stations can interview him without being forced to supply equal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: More of Less | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

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