Sentence examples for the nomination lasted from inspiring English sources

The conversation in which Mr. McGovern offered Mr. Eagleton the nomination lasted precisely 67 seconds, and there was no mention of Mr. Eagleton's three hospitalizations for depression or the electroshock therapy during two of the stays.

In addition to Mr Gingrich, Mitt Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts and strong competitor for the nomination last time around, seems certain to run.

If Murdoch's opinions on these matters amounted to fiat, Romney likely would not have won the nomination last time around.

Mike Huckabee, the runner-up for the nomination last time around, suggested replacing the entire federal tax code with a 30% federal sales tax, deftly if misleadingly branded as the "fair tax".

Even if he can overcome that problem I tend to think it's a bit unexciting going with the guy who didn't win the nomination last time.

But Kennedy faces opposition from some hard-line conservatives that cost him the nomination last time, and Wilkins has critics within the Justice Department.

And for Romney to bow out of Michigan -- the state that almost propelled him to the nomination last time around -- well, that's not a good sign.

Thanks to Bill Clinton's old indiscretions, the race for the Democratic presidential nomination lasted longer than anyone thought it would.

Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican nomination last time round and one of the front-runners in this cycle, never really stopped campaigning after 2008.

When Hillary Clinton drew only a few serious challengers for the Democratic nomination last time around, some analysts blamed a barren bench.

We're surely not talking about former Senator Rick Santorum, who as a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination last time warned of the "dangers of contraception," and who earlier in his career indicated that contraceptives were "harmful" to women.