Word: champion
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Republicans racked up only slightly less impressive victories in the congressional races. The Democrats lost ten of their 48 Representatives, among them such Capitol Hill veterans as California's seven-termer Harlan Hagen, defeated by Olympic Decathlon Champion Bob Mathias. In Senate contests no incumbent was defeated, and the Democrats had only one loss, the Oregon seat of retiring Maurine Neuberger that was captured by Mark Hatfield...
Less Palatable. To the relief of bankers and retailers, the so-called truth-in-lending and truth-in-packaging bills lost their champion in the defeat of Illinois' Senator Paul Douglas. The defeat of ten of the 24 Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee prompted American Farm Bureau President Charles Shuman to predict: "This should speed the day when the futile effort of the Government to manage and subsidize agriculture is ended...
...Donnelly was third, Frank Murphy was fourth, and Ian Hamilton was sixth for Jumbo Elliot's Villanova squad. Dave Patrick, who rounded out the incredible scoring quintet at 12th, is the NCAA mile champion...
...Crimson had lost to Navy but had whipped Army in the Heps. Yesterday, things were switched around. Cadet Jim Warner, injured most of the season, improved on his Heps time by 1:16. And Navy's Buzz Lawlor, the Heps champion, pulled a stitch yesterday and hobbled home in 143rd position...
...week's groceries a year." New York City Commissioner of Markets Sam uel Kearing Jr. called for an end to stamps altogether; this, he claimed, would reduce grocery bills by 2% to 4% . Esther Petersen, President John son's special assistant for consumer affairs and a voluble champion of the recent grocery-store boycotts, seemed to be leading the anti-stamp cheers...