Word: circuit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...judge the real political value of the Kennedy-family blitz, since as often as not the crowds turn out merely to meet celebrities. But Ethel Kennedy, for one, more than pays her way. Though expecting their eleventh child and terrified of flying, Ethel has covered virtually the entire primary circuit with Bobby. "I feel better when she is here," Kennedy tells friends. Small wonder. Her gaiety and energy are inexhaustible in the face of 18-hour campaign days, run stockings, demolished hairdos or even last week's Oregon primary. Not the least of Ethel's virtues is that...
...took chances I'd never take ordinarily." When the times were announced, Unser had set a new Indy record by averaging 152.8 m.p.h. His $177,523 winner's purse was the biggest in 500 history, and by scoring his fourth straight victory on the "big car" circuit he sewed up the 1968 U.S. Auto Club championship...
Pioneer of the pseudo-respectable porno picture was I, a Woman, a cheap, Swedish-made study of nymphomania. It seemed destined for the grind-house circuit until Distributor Radley Metzger, a sometime actor and film editor, had the bright idea of booking it into a New York art theater. Since 1966, the film, which Metzger bought for $75,000, has grossed more than $3,000,000, and the money is still rolling...
Magruder served on the Federal bench--the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston--for 20 years after his appointment by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. He ruled on a number of important issues, including the appeal of the denaturalization of gambler Frank Costello...
...stake; this year the total is up to more than $500,000. Carol Mann's victory at Shreveport earned her $1,725, boosted her 1968 earnings to $9,550, tops on the tour. By contrast, Tom Weiskopf, the No. 1 moneywinner on the men's circuit, has already earned $73,322 this year-almost 75% of what Carol has won in her eight years...