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Suddenly, amidst a burst of shots, the Senator and three well-wishers in the crowd around him collapsed. The crowd's laughter and cheers quickly turned to gasps and weeping; it pressed toward the narrow door of the room in which Kennedy lay in the arms of his aides...
During the last six days, though, the New Yorker's hopes surged again--even amidst the depression felt by many of his suporters throughout the country. His television confrontation with McCarthy, which Kennedy had shunned for weeks earlier, did not appear to lose him any votes. In fact, his supporters and neutral analysts were surprised at the effectiveness of his generally quick, low-key delivery, particularly next to the urbane, professorial manner of McCarthy...
...mainspring of his run through the primaries this spring. Only his sense of political tactics, once his primary skill, failed him. He entered the Presidential race too late to capture all the anti-Administration suport he seemed to need for the nomination. At his shooting, amidst victory, his strategy for the future was still uncertain...
...Battle of Hastings plotted by the Lampoon last year. Rich and jubilant after a tremendously successful Play boy parody, the Poonies hired elephants and specially designed bows and arrows to re-enact the great battle right here at Cambridge-on-the-Charles. All the arrangements were made amidst great excitement and relative secrecy. What stopped the warriors from their brave encounter? They were refused permission from University Hall. The apocryphal answer they were given, the word from on high, stopping them, not to speak of their elephants dead in their tracks...
Webb spends most of his time these days in a 22-room Hollywood mansion that serves as his home, corporate headquarters, "crash pad" for friends in need, and raucous rehearsal hall for clients and colleagues. Self-possessed amidst the noise and confusion, he still manages to get to his Yamaha concert grand or his electric organ to work on new music, sometimes with incredible facility (he wrote Up, Up and Away in 35 minutes). In fact, in addition to a plethora of pop projects (including a score for an original film musical), he is branching out to tackle a rock...