Word: aceing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...even halfway for L.B.J. In Alabama's eight districts, the G.O.P. put up candidates in six, won five. The victors: W. Jack ("Thank God for Goldwater") Edwards, William L. Dickinson, Glenn Andrews, John H. Buchanan, and James D. Martin, who in 1962 had come with-in an ace of upsetting U.S. Senator Lister Hill. All are against civil rights laws. Elsewhere, the Democratic domi nance of the South was undiminished. Florida's congressional lineup was unchanged: ten Democrats, two Republicans. So were North Carolina's and Virginia's, with nine Democrats and two Republicans each. Though...
Hewlett knows he can beat Dunsky--he did it twice during track season last year--so he shouldn't have any psychological problems about racing the Northeastern ace today. And when Hewlett doesn't have problems of the mind, his legs can be counted...
Yesterday's winner, of course, was Walt Hewlett. In his finest Waltesque form, the junior ace went out fast and finished faster, crossing the line 1:10 before second-place Dave Allen...
Crimson fullback Alex Patton and half-back Lawrie Coburn suffered knee injuries in the contest, and ace right inside Fred Akuffo had leg trouble. Nonetheless, Harvard really didn't have an excuse. The weather was good. The field was good. The refereeing was good. But the Crimson was ineffectual...
...veterans, they compared waistlines. But it was not just an American Legion wingding. It was a Manhattan dinner for 103 of the 282 living holders of the Congressional Medal of Honor, and eulogizing them were Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley. The heroes included some famous names, such as Flying Ace Eddie Riclcenbacker, 74. But there were more like Stephen Gregg, 49, who singlehanded cleared a hill of Germans in 1944, then returned to a peacetime job as a New Jersey courtroom supervisor. They seemed delighted to be there - and reluctant to discuss the reasons why. "Hero?" snorted Herbert Hoover Burr...