Word: californiaisms
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...candidate managing to win the required 270 votes, might throw the decision to the House of Representatives. After almost seven weeks of baby kissing and arm wringing in 14 states, however, Lonesome George has little cause for serious hope. Of the 66,059 signatures he must gather in California, for example, he has rounded up 25,000 at most, and he must file his petition...
...U.C.L.A., where in a three-year football career he ran for 1,271 yards, passed for 4,087 yards and scored 35 touchdowns in leading the Bruins to 22 victories and two ties in his 29 games. Even in U.C.L.A.'s 21-20 loss to Southern California, now the U.S.'s top-ranked team. Beban passed for 301 yards and two touchdowns, was told after the game by U.S.C.'s superb Halfback O. J. Simpson: "Gary, you're the greatest." Sportswriters and broadcasters agreed. By a slim margin over Simpson, Quarterback Beban, 21, was elected winner...
...instance, last week's Outboard World Championships at Lake Havasu, Ariz. To landlubbers, outboard-motor-boat racing may seem pretty put-put, and indeed, the rules at Havasu limited boats strictly to "stock" models - except that there was no limit on how many engines anyone could stack. California's Bob Ogle turned up with a 17-ft. catamaran powered by five 85-h.p. McCulloch engines, capable of doing 102 m.p.h. Only slightly less potent was U-707, a 17-ft. cat with three 105-h.p. Chryslers, and driven by a trio of leadfoots calculated to inspire respect: Major...
With that kind of competition, Mike Reagan, 22, hardly figured to stand much of a chance. Son of California Governor Ronald Reagan, he had a fast boat: a 20-ft. Rayson Craft with three 125-h.p. Mercury engines. In Bill Cooper and Rudy Ramos, he had veteran teammates. But Mike had never raced an outboard before...
Married. Michael P. Goldwater, 27, Barry's boy, a California real estate salesman; and Constance Joan Stockert, 26, former stewardess; in Ross, Calif...