Word: bases
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...President seemed a bit uncertain about where the gregarious ex-executive might wind up. There was a broad hint, though, that he just might be dealing with the press. "He will be at the service of the President, and if he needs to play first or second or third base, I hope he can do it," Johnson told reporters. "I don't want him to play any position too long because he gets too familiar with you, and familiarity breeds contempt...
...them until the cops finally arrived to rescue them. Said a veteran police captain: "Anyone foolish enough to commit such an unpatriotic gesture in South Boston can only expect what these people got." Later, in court to face charges stemming from an earlier sit-in at the Boston Army Base, the protesters were found guilty of loitering. Nine of them began serving jail sentences rather than pay $20 fines; the other two plan appeals...
There the similarities end. Senator Kennedy is a liberal Democrat who is pitching his woo farther left. National Review Editor Buckley, who last year ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York, wants to make the Republican Party more conservative. With both now calling New York home base, conflict is inevitable. "We will soon have a vendetta going," Buckley said happily last week...
...border, threatening invasion. The Sudan's Mohammed Mahgoub has reason to resent Uganda's Milton Obote, who harbors Sudanese rebels. Congo Strongman Joseph Mobutu is no friend of Tanzania's Julius Nyerere, who helped funnel arms to the Simba rebels. Since Tanzania is currently a base for the enemies of Malawi's Premier Kamuzu Banda, the crotchety autocrat stayed away from the Nairobi summit, although he unbent enough to send his Commerce Minister. Of the lot, only Kenyatta and Zambia's Kenneth Kaunda were on good terms with all hands...
...bright for Walker. It is doubtful that Vernon Law can duplicate his sensational comeback of last season, so pitchers like Steve Blass and ex-Yankee Pete Mikkelsen must take up the slack. Bob Bailey must switch back to third base after a year in the outfield. He and Law are definitely the key factors in any Buc flag chances...