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...Clincher. Rockefeller's exit certainly seemed motivated as much by personal hubris as political savvy. His poor showing in the New Hampshire primary earlier this month, where only 11% of the Republican voters wrote in his name, coupled with indications of a disastrous showing in Wisconsin's April 2 contest (a possible 14-1 loss), doubtless made Rocky aware that he was not striking sparks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans: The Lost Leader | 3/29/1968 | See Source »

...clincher came at a ham-and-eggs breakfast last week with Republican Senators in the Capitol's Vandenberg Room. Rockefeller had anticipated that 25 of the Senate's 36 Republicans might show up to offer various degrees of support for his candidacy; only 17 appeared, most of them clearly cool to a Rockefeller presidency. Only Pennsylvania's Hugh Scott, New York's Javits and Kentucky's Thruston Morton (who hoped to be Rocky's campaign manager) were openly declared Rocky supporters. What rent the Rock more than anything was the suggestion from several...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans: The Lost Leader | 3/29/1968 | See Source »

...next shocker and the meet clincher came in the 200-yard breaststroke. Harvard's sophomore star Bill Chadsey ranked a clear favorite to beat Yale's Jerry Yurow, but the Harvard backup men were, as usual, inadequate. Harvard had to sweep the event. The score stood at Harvard 40 Yale 39 going into the breaststroke with only the freestyle relay to go. The relay was Yale's as the exhausted Crimson freestylers could do no more. Only eight points--a first and a second in the breaststroke--could have the meet...

Author: By Thomas P. Southwick, | Title: The History Of Harvard Sports | 3/25/1968 | See Source »

...without party or associations, and must pay for his campaign out of his own pocket or through private financial connections. Since a two-week campaign with any hope of success would cost at least $50,000, that seems to rule out anyone who is not wealthy. As a clincher, the government requires all candidates to swear "adhesion" to Franco's Falange...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain: Experiment with Democracy | 10/6/1967 | See Source »

...clincher in the argument for Sgt. Pepper's artistic standing is the fact that the album is not just a collection of singles, but a whole. It is structured much like a musical comedy, and it is a study of all the lonely people and where they have all come from...

Author: By Billy Shears, | Title: Sgt. Pepper's One and Only | 8/22/1967 | See Source »

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