Word: prolonging
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...plans for California, and flew home to Houston to decide on his future course. Ex-President Gerald Ford offered a faint wisp of help, telling a press conference that Bush had done well in the industrial states where "Governor Reagan could have some difficulty." But though Bush might prolong his campaign, the indications were that his candidacy was about over...
Gleason added that he had called H.B. Fisher, the FBI Liaison Officer at Yale, and asked him to look into the matter. Fisher told Gleason that Yale administrators were attempting to "have the News story killed inasmuch as it was entirely inaccurate and would only tend to prolong the effects, if any, of the original article in The Harvard Crimson." He also noted that Margenau, the Physics professor, and Provost Furniss had officially denied the Crimson statements attributed to them...
...rest of the pre-convention campaign. Part of the reason is that his managers figured they could spend lavishly in the early stages, on the theory that after the Illinois primary, Reagan would have the nomination locked up. That might happen, but if his rivals manage to prolong a close contest past Illinois, Reagan could be severely crimped in the decisive late primaries. His difficulties, however, pale alongside those faced by his competitors after New Hampshire...
Zurier said he believes HDNS is trying to prolong the legal proceedings and added that Smith's attitude is that "sooner or later these damned kids will give...
...years ago in the basement of his Funabara resort hotel about 100 miles south of Tokyo. A bit larger than normal, the tub holds a cramped two, and Yokoi was able to charge honeymooners and Very Good Friends $2.80 apiece for a five-minute soak that he claimed would prolong their lives for at least one year. For $4, a photographer burnished the moments for posterity...