Word: closing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Union has a nagging habit of cropping up shortly before Election Day. In 1960, the Democrats' misleading charges of a "missile gap" served to confuse and alarm voters. This year it was Richard Nixon who sought a last-minute advantage. "The present state of our defenses is too close to peril point," Nixon charged in a radio speech, "and our future prospects are in some respects downright alarming. We have a gravely serious security...
...statistics that Nixon used, matched against figures marshaled by the Administration to rebut him, added to the mystification of the layman. But close examination suggests that Nixon was being less than responsible in playing a nuclear numbers game...
...Israelis have already come close to a direct clash with the Russians. During September's artillery exchange, they refrained from hitting the Suez oil refinery-rebuilt since Israeli artillery destroyed it last year-for fear of hitting Russian technicians. This time, the Israelis aimed their guns at the refinery anyway, setting fire to three oil storage tanks...
...recent night in the village of Da Loc, in the Mekong Delta, seven civilians lay quietly in the mud. Cold rain dripped down their necks from the leaves of banana trees overhead. Suddenly, they spotted more than 20 black-pajama-clad figures creeping across the ripening paddies. At close range, the ragtag villagers opened fire with ancient rifles and M-l carbines. The Viet Cong attackers fled swiftly, leaving behind four dead and a prized Browning automatic rifle...
...McLaren fifth. This week, at Riverside, Calif., his cars took four of the first five places. This time, Hulme finished fifth and McLaren himself sped to victory. Barring accident, the finale at Las Vegas on Nov. 10 should wrap up the championship and send the New Zealanders home with close to $200,000 in prizes...