Word: belt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...getting, a cram course in what Catholicism believes; the particular credo of the Southern Baptists is perhaps less familiar. The old notions - the Bible belt, temperance leagues, hellfire evangelism and fundamentalism-are still part of the Southern Baptist scheme of things, but they are growing increasingly oldfashioned. Aside from the obvious issue of racial integration. Southern Baptists differ from their Northern brethren mainly in that 1) they are more distrustful of ecumenical movements, are reluctant to join any other Christian denomination for any purpose, 2) they tend to favor closed Communion for 'those of like faith and order" rather...
...only a warning for speeding), Bobby had wrung a promise from his companions to try harder to weld the diffident organizations together and win the day for the Democrats. But as his plane headed for Kansas City, Bob Kennedy reached a glum conclusion: Nebraska, like much of the farm belt, was sticking with the Republican Party. Even in the Democratic tenderloin of South Omaha, only 35 of the faithful had turned out to-hear him speak that morning; at Lincoln's Cornhusker Hotel there were just 25 listeners. The state organization was badly fragmented and outclassed by the well...
...election campaign moves into its final month there are mighty few sure votes to be counted. Kennedy commands a native son lead in New England and Democratic loyalties in the Deep South. Nixon can count on the traditionally Republican farm belt. But the battles for the undecided and uncommitted rage through most of the U.S. Both sides agree that the election will be won or lost in the great population states with the big electoral votes. Here is how TIME correspondents saw the battle last week...
...where he is being held along with ex-Premier Adnan Menderes and 328 other Democrats on charges of treason or other misdeeds, Bayar finished breakfast, got permission to take a bath. The guard outside the door heard strangling noises, rushed in to find Bayar slumped in the tub, his belt cinched tight around his neck. The old man was revived. "I was not anxious to be saved," said Bayar wearily...
Method for Mayhem. "When a fullback like Jimmy Brown of the Cleveland Browns breaks loose up the middle." says Patton in discussing the science of the safety man, "I don't watch his head. He can fake me with his head. I watch his belt buckle, and I keep my eye on it, just the way a batter watches a baseball. He can't wiggle that belt buckle. I get down low enough to get below his shoulder and try to hit him headon. It's easy enough to get to Brown's belly. Holding...