Word: broking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Party prospered. Its founder became so revered and pow erful a figure that when, in 1964, he relinquished the governorship after 16 years, he had no difficulty anointing Sánchez, his protégé and closest ad viser, as his successor. Last week Sánchez formally broke with his old men tor by announcing that he would run for a second term this year - against Muñoz's wishes...
...stairs in twos and threes and made their way inside to the massive Spanish Hall, with its high ceiling and Bohemian crystal chandeliers. When the tall, blue-eyed boss of the Czechoslovak Communist Party got out of his car, the crowd pressed closer for a better look and reporters broke into applause. Unaccustomed to such public displays, Alexander Dubček, 46, merely tipped his grey fedora, smiled hesitantly and strode briskly inside. More than any other man in Czechoslovakia, Dubček has planned, pleaded for and nurtured the sweeping changes that promise to alter the temper and quality...
Hungarian Party Theoretician Zoltan Komocsin warned that events in Czechoslovakia have "an anarchistic character," but the biggest storm broke last week when East German Party Ideologist Kurt Hager accused Dubček and his men of "filling the West with the hope that Czechoslovakia will be pulled into the maelstrom of evolution." The remark reflected East German Party Boss Walter Ulbricht's fear that Dubček's government may soon cozy up to West Germany for the sake of more trade and the special hard-money credits it badly needs. The Czechoslovaks were furious...
During the three years that Ohiri led the soccer team he broke every record that Harvard soccer had. While still a junior, he broke the Harvard all-time career scoring record and was named to the All-American team. He led the Ivy League scoring all three years, in each case with season totals higher then the previous Harvard season record...
Michael Oldfather, one of the McCarthy leaders in Nebraska, said, "The New Hampshire primary is what really broke the log jam in Nebraska. Since March 12, things have really begun to roll...