Word: contendere
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The struggle for power began in December 1962, when Marketeer Domenico Italiano, 65, known as Il Papa, died peacefully in bed. One strong contender for the job of Mr. Big was eliminated four months later when Vincenzo Angilletta was ambushed outside his home and blasted to death by both barrels...
Pardee and pole vaulter Jay Mahaney will go in the field events, though neither is a likely contender. Pardee is in a high jump field that includes John Thomas; Mahaney is up against several vaulters who have bettered 16 feet. If Pardee equals his best jump ever (6 ft. 8...
Worst Grade. But how to beat Lyndon Johnson? In current opinion polls he is running better than two-to-one ahead of any and every G.O.P. contender. Still, Republicans had a new poll of their own that gave them hope. They had asked people across the U.S. to check a...
Neither the Big Red nor the Lions is an Ivy title contender, but the contests are psychologically all-important for the Crimson five. Harvard is evenly matched with both teams, and a bad start in the Ivy race could portend a long, long season for the Crimson.
Out of Action. With President Johnson a seeming cinch to lead the Democratic Party's campaign in 1964, most newspapers went elephant hunting-and found plenty of game. Columnist Roscoe Drummond reignited the torch that he has been carrying all fall. "The unresolved question" about Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S...