Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Gentle George McGovern's last minute run for the presidency enhanced his stature in 49 states and hurt it in one -his own. On South Dakota's windswept prairies, the voters like a man who takes their problems to heart, and never mind what ails the big cities or the world at large. Six weeks before the Democratic Convention, McGovern, a onetime college history teacher, en-ioyed a two-to-one lead m a statewide poll. After his abortive bid for national office, his margin dwindled...
...began with a slapstick squabble over a bill to waive the requirement that radio and television grant equal time to all candidates. The waiver would have cleared the way for presidential debates among the major candidates-something that Hubert Humphrey wants and Richard Nixon, as the man with a big lead to preserve, does not. In their maneuvering over the bill the Democrats staged a lock-in in the House, and the Republicans held a sit-out in the Senate. When House Republicans conducted a 27-hour filibuster by insisting on time-consuming roll calls (45 of them, each requiring...
Compromise Figure. A possible cause for the bad case of jitters in Saigon was the return of Major General Duong Van ("Big") Minh after four years in exile. Ousted in 1964 because of alleged "neutralist" tendencies, Minh was brought back by President Thieu as part of a national reconciliation effort (TIME, Sept. 27). That did not sit well with some South Vietnamese hawks, who worry about a U.S. sellout and who fear popular Big Minh as an ideal figure for eventual compromise with the Communists. Vietnamese Deputies and Senators began receiving un signed letters that branded Minh a tool...
...been writing these letters for 20 years, and tells me that at least 200 of his chicks are now hitched to Americans and living in the States. He even writes letters to the mothers of these guys, and he tells me that's what really scores big. Weird deal, huh? Best...
...have to read all my letters now because they've heard I'm in contact with a guy who used to be a Japanese spy - like two wars ago! So lots of love for now but like I said maybe we better not write for awhile. A big kiss from your...