Word: blunderer
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...clock pursuing every lead. Physical evidence is very substantial. While it remains impossible to predict when the killer will be arrested, I remain hopeful it will be soon." If, indeed, several persons plotted King's death, chances of solving the crime are enhanced simply because prospects of a blunder multiply. And one of them might be tempted to try to collect the $100,000 reward for the triggerman...
...half its size. Federal dead numbered 17,000. In the summer of 1863, Lee prepared his second invasion of the North. George Meade, called in at the last minute to replace the bumbling Hooker, turned back the new thrust with considerable competence at Gettysburg-"General Meade will make no blunder on my front," Lee had correctly predicted-but let the defeated Rebs retreat unimpeded to the other side of the Potomac. Once again the North had lost an opportunity to end the war quickly: "What does it mean?" asked a despairing Lincoln. "Great God! What does it mean...
...have contingency plans for just about everything, but our organization had absolutely no contingency plan for anything like this." Still, as he continued his campaign for Wisconsin primary votes, even Nixon had to admit that there was little standing between him and the Republican nomination but some catastrophic blunder of his own. "If we can't get the nomination now," he told TIME'S Loye Miller and John Austin, "we might as well just go out and sit in the sun at Miami...
...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...