Word: bushed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Texas: Republican George Bush, 40, has Democratic Incumbent Ralph Yarborough, 61, running scared. But Yarborough leads...
Republicans had also expected modest gains in the Senate, where such strong challengers as Ohio's Robert Taft Jr., Texas' George Bush and Wisconsin's Wilbur Renk had a good chance to unseat incumbent Democrats. Some of them still may make it, but their chances have diminished. Even such incumbent Republicans as New York's Kenneth Keating and Pennsylvania's Hugh Scott are in more difficulty than they ought to be. Similarly, such G.O.P. gubernatorial candidates as Charles Percy in Illinois, George Romney in Michigan, Ethan Allen Hitchcock Shepley in Missouri, and Withrop Rockefeller...
...sacked Cabinet ministers in pitched battles employing pick handles, fence rails, steel bars, and pandas (long hacking knives). At least two died, and the hospitals were jammed with injured. The Mercedes car of ex-Justice Minister Ortona Chirwa was burned by Banda men, and Chirwa himself escaped into the bush. The home of Chief Chokawi, a Banda supporter, was sacked and razed by a rebel gang...
Duped Chiefs. Whatever happens, Zambia's independence will mean a mighty comedown for the London-based holding company that once ran the Rhodesias as a corporate fief. Simply known as "Chartered," the company raised its own army to cut through the bush and opened up the copper belt. As both ruler and landlord, Chartered also built railroads, clinics and some schools. But Zambian nationalists, who dispute the legality of the company's rights, claim that it duped Lewanika and other illiterate tribal chieftains into signing away their rights...
...plane anyway. And the military was plainly impressed by the Charger-its promised performance, low $250,000 price tag and immediate availability. But even if the Defense Department never orders a single plane, Convair sees a civilian market for the plane as a bush carrier and fire fighter. Whatever comes of it, its debut marks a return to the days of invention and daring when an aircraft maker put his own stamp on an aircraft design without the backing of a Government contract, then went out and drummed up buyers...