Word: retrospect
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...CRIMSON a few days ago surmised would happen a "comparatively unheralded candidate" emerged victorious from the welter of the convention. In retrospect it is easy to see how carefully the "coup" was planned, how the popular favorites were played off against each other to the point of exhaustion, how the well-coached dark horse was jockeyed into position in the intermediate ballots, and how he broke away for an overwhelming victory at the finish. The results of the convention reveal not only the inefficiency of the popular primaries, but also the total inefficiency of popular sentiment in affecting...