Word: blunderer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Williams-San Diego Open. On the final hole, a 501-yd. par five, he sank a 25-ft. putt for an eagle three that earned him $30,000. When he bogeyed the 72nd hole to lose the $100,000 Doral Open last week, Weiskopf shrugged off his $8,000 blunder with the casual comment: "I had a bad day at the office." Second place was still worth $12,000, which boosted his 1968 winnings to $46,242-tops on the tour...
...delegates reason to pause in the coming weeks before committing themselves to Nixon. Some of his own support may solidify, a favorite son or two may be won over, and a write-in campaign in a smallish, friendly state like Oregon could yield vastly encouraging results. Nixon, meanwhile, might blunder or falter...
...also think the American voters will have the good sense to recognize Mr. Nixon's description of the loss of Saigon as a 'tactical blunder' as so much election year blarney...
...Tactical Blunder." Others, recalling the clumsy initial cover-ups attempted during the U-2 and Bay of Pigs disasters, were more circumspect. Presidential Candidate Richard Nixon called the whole affair a "tactical blunder" by the U.S. South Dakota's Senator Karl Mundt, long a G.O.P. supporter of the President's Viet Nam policy, demanded to know why the Administration risked provocative patrols "when you already have more war on your hands than you can handle." Warned Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield: "We ought to keep our shirts on and not go off half-cocked until we know more...
...change inside each of us, important though that may be, with the change that we have yet to bring about in this country and the world. Neither the Revelation nor the Revolution is at hand, and to base our hopes and plans on them would be a tragic blunder...