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...however, was milk of magnesia; the water was nominous slate. And the water was the Charles River, which everyone seemed to forget. One boy with a thick Cambridge brogue, remembered that the Charles is the most polluted thing this side of Central Square...
...that of energetic and informed statesman -- that inspires the feeling that Republicans can now win without downplaying the party. GOP leaders feel that their task is to protect and strengthen this new-found positive identity. Thus, they would have been especially embarrassed by an inability to present a full slate of candidates to their fellow Republicans in the September primary. A lack of candidates would have been a sure sign that the vote-getting power of the Republican image is still slight...
...Senator Margaret Chase Smith's presence on the G.O.P. ticket. In her quest for a fourth term, the redoubtable Mrs. Smith has a little-known opponent-the Democrats apparently figuring that to mount a determined challenge would only bring out a Smith vote that could swamp their entire slate...
Powers charged that the Overseers send reminders to selected alumni who they think will vote "their slate" but not to others. And some alumni never receive a ballot or never have their request for a duplicate ballot honored, he said...
...needed a quorum of 1691 Coop members to challenge the Establishment's slate. Only 135 showed...