Word: buying
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Feud. Ralph Yarborough gives back every bit as much as he takes. "Let's show the world," he cries, "that old Senator Bush can't send Little Georgie down here to buy a Senate seat." He slams Bush's membership in "the fat Houston clubs," nags at Bush for his extensive billboard campaign, tells audiences: "You can find everything on those billboards except the word 'Republican.' He's got it there so small that you've got to pull over to the side of the road, stop, get out of your...
...different kind of campaign is taking place across the Pacific. There, the natives of the Bismarck Archipelago don't want to elect Lyndon Johnson-they want to buy...
...Australians, who rule the region as part of their U.N. Trust Territory of New Guinea, first became aware of the "Johnson Cult" last February when thousands of islanders started refusing to pay their $8.43 annual head tax unless the money was placed in a special "Buy Johnson" fund. Before long, $2,475 had been collected for the purpose. But the Australians called it tax evasion and sent police and civilian officials scurrying to the jungle villages to get the money or the delinquents...
...rough, being stuck with $50 million worth of tea leaves. "The day I live for," says Huntington Hartford, 53, the A. & P. heir, "is the day somebody mentions my name and doesn't immediately add A. & P. heir." One plot he brewed to this end was to buy 700 acres of a Bahama isle named Paradise for $14 million and turn it into a play ground hardly anyone could afford. He built a 52-room hotel (rates: up to $135 a day), nightclub, golf course (pro: Gary Player), and tennis courts (pro: Pancho Gonzales), but, says his broker...
...made a terrible mistake-it should have bought the National League if it was entertainment it wanted. The American League came cheaper-it only had to buy one team instead of four -but the extra dough would have been worth it. At one point last week, all that had to happen was for the Philadelphia Phillies to win one game from the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Mets to take one from the St. Louis Cardinals. Then the National League pennant race would end in a three-way tie, and they could play the World Series in mittens...