Word: sens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...those reasons, he had the whole-hearted public support of all state Democratic leaders--except Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54--and the valuable fund-raising help of U.S. House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. (D-Mass.). Oddly enough, O'Neill's son, Lt. Gov. Thomas P. O'Neill III, had unexpectedly found himself as King's running mate the morning after the primary...
Perhaps the biggest development of this week's election came when the Senate's only black member, Sen. Edward W. Brooke (R.-Mass.), was forced to concede defeat early Tuesday night to Rep. Paul E. Tsongas (D.-Mass.) in an election that has prompted many blacks into feelings of bitterness towards white liberals who, they feel, betrayed the two-term incumbent...
...administration won't listen to students, find someone they'll listen to," Woods added, suggesting that students attempt to gain the public support of Sen. Edward Kennedy '54 (D.-Mass.) and of other influential alumni. "This University does not belong to the administration," he said...
...state Senate, Sen. George Rogers (D-New Bedford), defeated in the primary by Robert Hunt, failed in his write-in attempt to regain his seat...
...prominent democrat who did not support King was Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. The panel agreed that Kennedy's support was one of the strongest factors in Rep. Paul D. Tsongas' election to the Senate. Tsongas, unlike King, was willing to support Kennedy's National Health Insurance plan without reservation. "So Kennedy went on T.V. for him," Joyce said, adding "those areas where Kennedy is effective will show tonight in Tsongas' returns...