Word: championing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...June 7 primary neared, Actor Ronald Reagan, a fervent supporter of Barry Goldwater in 1964, and San Francisco's longtime (1956-64) Mayor George Christopher, an equally outspoken champion of Nelson Rockefeller in the same campaign, had hardly ever mentioned each other's names-and for good reason. "There's feeling," notes one G.O.P. chieftain, "that the first guy who throws a real mud ball will get ten back in his face from party rank-and-file members who just don't want the apple cart upset...
...crimson. Lashing out with a classic one-two combination, Cassius opened up a gash so bloody one awed onlooker insisted that Cooper must be a bar-sinister Alfonso. The referee stopped the fight at 1 min. 38 sec. of the sixth round, and no more than a minute later Champion Clay was already announcing his next fight. "My next opponent," intoned Cassius solemnly, "will be Karl Mildenberger of Germany...
Defending champion Tony Lynch and seven-foot high jumper Chris Pardee won't compete in this weekend's IC4A track meet...
Andersen's 9.7 won't impress a field that has five men at 9.5 or under. Don Ardinger of Gettysburg has turned in a 9.4, but the probable favorite is oft-injured Sam Perry of Fordham. Ray Pollard of Morgan State, Jim Lee of Maryland, and defending champion Earl Horner of Villanova have also been clocked...
Harvard's Baker and Allen will be stepping into a real hornet's nest in the distance races. The IC4A team title will be won by either Villanova or Maryland, and only if they score heavily in the distances can Villanova over-haul the defending champion Terrapins...