Word: behind
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Behind the scenes, Paul Kirk, a Washington attorney who is a longtime friend of Kennedy's, started coordinating campaign activities. Young activists with dreams of Camelot II sought him out for jobs. One of the dilemmas facing a Kennedy campaign is what to do about all the earnest amateurs who have started draft-Kennedy movements around the country. As an experienced professional wedded to the old ways of doing business, Kennedy wants to place professionals in charge of local groups, but he does not want to bruise feelings. The draft movements also offer financial advantages. As long as they...
...Minutes later, the bizarre craft crash-landed on West German soil. East Germans were aboard: Mechanic Hans Peter Strelczyk, Bricklayer Gunter Wetzel, their wives and four children. Once again, human ingenuity and the will to freedom had prevailed over Communist East Germany's determination to immure its citizens behind the most formidable frontier in history...
...Inauguration took place on a cold and windy day. I sat just behind the new Cabinet and watched Lyndon Johnson stride down the aisle for the last time to the tune of Hail to the Chief. Johnson stood like a caged eagle, proud, dignified, never to be trifled with, his eyes fixed on distant heights that now he would never reach. There was another fanfare and President-elect Richard Nixon appeared. His jaw jutted defiantly and yet he seemed uncertain, as if unsure that he was really there. He seemed exultant...
...first red-shirted harrier to cross the finish-line was John Murphy, and even he did not show up until eighth place, with a time of 26:18, thirty seconds behind pacesetter Sam Weller from Penn...
...year is trying to maintain its position near the top of the college sailing heap. They placed second out of seven at the President's Trophy meet hosted and won by B.U. The next day they snatched third place amid a field of nine at the Captain's Cup behind host Tufts and the B.U. squad...