Word: clays
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Rockefeller's personal life and his fiscal and administrative troubles in New York combined with his poor showing in Gallup and Harris polls have eliminated him as an alternative, and neither Romney nor Scranton has been able to create much enthusiasm. The only other prominently mentioned candidate, General Lucius Clay, has been unreceptive to all offers of support...
Froehling went on to the finals and impressed everyone before losing to Osuna. But one tournament does not make a tennis player, and Froehling had looked simply awful earlier this year. Apparently Kelleher decided to gamble with Froehling's hot hand and his experience on the kind of clay courts used at Bournemouth, rather than Ralston's erratic tennis. The gamble now seems to have paid off handsomely...
...stand-up comedian, the school that thought a comic was a gagman, not an actor, and any joke that couldn't be told in one breath couldn't be funny. Kahane sprays his BBs in all directions. "In kindergarten, my kid flunked clay ... I love children, I went to school with them . . . Our dog is adopted. My wife and I couldn't have one . . My brother-in-law? Something's wrong when a guy tries to take his pants off over his head and makes...
...Fred Stolle in the finals 9-7, 6-1, 6-4) evoked comforting shades of Trabert and Don Budge and clearly established him as America's-and perhaps the world's-best tennis amateur. McKinley followed up Wimbledon with a slamming defense of his national clay courts championship, an off-form loss to Mexico's Rafael Osuna in the American Zone semifinal Davis Cup matches, and a quick comeback win over Osuna's partner, Antonio Palafox...
Staff headquarters for the Irvine project is Urbanus Square?a remodeled red barn in the midst of the ranch's rolling greenery. Inside, the white plaster walls are covered with brightly colored plans, maps and projections, and the huge floor is crowded with big tables holding clay models of structures, topographical miniatures, sketches of things to come. At one side is a conference and dining area, dominated by an ever-burning fireplace and well stocked with books, records and liquor. Pereira wheels out a couple of times a week to visit his planners in the red barn, calling them together...