Word: bigger
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Lyndon Johnson was seriously thinking of making amiable Mike Mansfield, majority leader of the Senate, his running mate instead of Hubert Humphrey. That way, the President reasoned, Humphrey could become majority leader, giving L.B.J. far more forceful Senate leadership and Humphrey a bigger reputation for an eventual presidential campaign of his own. It would also have spared Humphrey what was to become one of his most onerous burdens-his overly close association with an unpopular Administration. There were reports last week that Humphrey, too, had some unorthodox ideas this year about his own running mate: he wanted New York...
Though unable to unite Pakistan's fractious opposition parties, Bhutto stumped the country, drawing bigger crowds than Ayub. His militant nationalism and fiery rhetoric made him a popular figure in the universities. For his part, Bhutto hinted privately that he was counting on popular unrest to give him a boost in next year's elections. The riots upset that timing...
...home and abroad. At last week's New York Stock Exchange closing, the Dow-Jones index of 30 industrial stocks had climbed to 965.88, up 19.65 since Election Day. And the spurt, noted Ralph Creasman, president of the Lionel D. Edie & Co. investment counseling firm, would have been bigger except that "we'd already absorbed," discounted and anticipated a Nixon victory." Indeed, since the so-called "Nixon market" began its surge in August, the stock market has enjoyed a price runup...
Dowling keeps the opposition off-balance, according to the Yale coach. "There may be other quarterbacks around who are better--bigger, stronger, faster--but once the game starts, I wouldn't want to be against...
...relaxed and unimposing that they offer a real contrast to contemporary cinematography. With no hero, no violent or explosive action, and no plastic characters with expressions of angst molded into their features, this portrait of Czech life is singular in its impact. Instead of extraordinary experience or bigger than life tragedy, there are pathetic vignettes about totally unexplained but quite believeable people. In place of the complete involvement of constructed suspense, there is the uneventful yet amusing commonplace. It is reality in time, in character, and in event...