Word: championing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Godwin campaigned vigorously for Lyndon Johnson while most Byrd stalwarts either sat on their hands or roundly supported Barry Goldwater. Godwin maintains that his earlier advocacy of segregated schools gave Virginians a "breathing period" in which to adjust peacefully to inevitable change; he also is now running as a champion of education...
...Bird, the French champion and 6-to-5 favorite, was also 1) the winner of the English Derby and 2) a grandson of the U.S.'s Native Dancer. Russia's Anilin had British ancestors. Ireland's Meadow Court, the 1965 Sweeps winner, boasted a British sire, an American dam, and a trio of owners composed of two Canadians and Bing Crosby. Then there was the U.S.'s Tom Rolfe, bred in Kentucky, with a name that goes all the way back to Pocahontas. His daddy and granddaddy were Italian, and his owner is an American...
...Graham Hill, 36: the U.S. Grand Prix, on a rain-slicked, 2.3-mile circuit that held his B.R.M. racer to a relatively slow 107.98 m.p.h. average; at Watkins Glen, N.Y. One of the early dropouts (only three of 18 cars lasted the full 110 laps) was World Champion Jimmy Clark, whose engine started acting up in the fifth lap, leaving the rest of the race to Hill, who, despite one scary 100-m.p.h. spinout on a curve, managed to set a 115.16 m.p.h. lap record on the way to his third straight victory at the Glen...
...Minnesota Twins, boast only one pitcher who has even won 20 games, Jim ("Mudcat") Grant-and his earned-run average is a so-so 3.22. The Twins do have plenty of power: Harmon Killebrew has hit 24 homers, Bob Allison has 23, and Tony Oliva, the American League batting champion (at .321) has 16. What's more, because of a quirk in the schedule, the Twins won't have to face Sandy Koufax in the opening game of the Series...
...harmless pastime. But for those who really play the game, pool is a mankiller. Robert Cannafax used to fly into such a rage when his game went awry that he would haul out a pocketknife and stab himself repeatedly in his wooden leg. George Fox, another champion, committed suicide after he miscued what would have been his winning ball in the 1865 U.S. championship. Years later, when he lost the championship, Onofrio Lauri rushed out of a Chicago poolroom, cue in hand, and almost threw himself into Lake Michigan before friends caught...