Word: beating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...troops scheduled to be removed by next spring. A few critics said that his pace was too slow, others that it was entirely too fast-but there were not too many complaints from either side. The new withdrawal left Nixon slightly behind the timetable he had hoped to beat-former Defense Secretary Clark Clifford's estimate that 100,000 men could be pulled out by no later than the end of 1969. But in Nixon's view, the move served a more important purpose. It helped to mute domestic dissent, making it more difficult for leaders...
...blared out the party song, "Uganda Is Marching Forward," three shots rang out. Obote, 44, a onetime herdboy who led his country (pop. 8,000,000) to independence seven years ago, clutched his head and fell. In the crowd, women moaned and groveled on the ground, and party officials beat the air in rage...
...York Jets beat the Baltimore Colts 16-7 to become the American Football League's first Super Bowl champions...
While most of Washington worries about inflation, seven Senators seem to have found a miraculous way to beat it. Each reported to Congress last week that he had spent absolutely nothing getting elected in 1968. Such a feat of legerdemain is not restricted by ideology or party; the Stingy Silent Seven include Arizona's Barry Goldwater, Georgia's Herman Talmadge, California's Alan Cranston, Arkansas' J. W. Fulbright and South Dakota's George McGovern...
Marin and Nayar are gone, and Terrell would have to beat himself to lose the trophy this year. This morning in Philadelphia, Terrell will try to beat himself...