Word: split
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...vote? Mrs. Lowrey, a registered Democrat, voted the straight party line. Although she has split her ticket in the past, the demands of her newly acquired celebrity status left her no time to "study the issues." Explained Mrs. Lowrey: "When in doubt, stick to your party...
Despite these assets, Buckley still had a major problem. He could not win unless his opponents split the moderate-liberal vote closely enough to allow a Conservative plurality. Enter the Nixon Administration. The White House decided early that Goodell had no chance to win. From its viewpoint, good riddance; Goodell had become more liberal and more troublesome to Nixon than many Senate Democrats. Buckley early-on vowed to vote with the Republicans in Washington...
...first thing Shaw did was get out and make sure his guitar was all right," Spengler said. "And then he wanted to split the ticket cost...
Simplistic Solutions. Agnew's blunderbuss assaults on "radical liberals" have infuriated thoughtful moderates. New York's Mayor John Lindsay, who split with his party to back Democrat Arthur Goldberg against Nelson Rockefeller, observed last week that the 1970 campaign "has spread a cloud of suspicion and mistrust over our whole nation." He added: "Men with great power and high office make headlines that stir fears rather than rally hopes. They have charged that opposition to their policies somehow is an incitement to unrest and violence. That charge is incredible...
...eleven men performing eleven separate actions in pursuit of a common goal-to move the ball forward. There is the balletic grace of a halfback on the open field, pirouetting from tackles with the practiced ease of Nureyev spinning through a double tour en l'air, or the split-second timing of a wide receiver and a quarterback on a 50-yd. pass completion...