Word: contendere
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Colin Adair, the Canadian intercollegiate champ as of last weekend, arrived too late to be seeded, but is expected to be a strong contender as well. He whipped Paul Sullivan (Harvard) 3-0 at number one earlier in the season in the Harvard-McGill match.
Being a Mormon has never been a political liability in the past (in Utah, it is virtually a political requirement), and there was no reason to believe that it would hurt Romney in Michigan. But George Romney is being touted as a promising contender for the 1964 G.O.P. presidential nomination...
Insulted? But with the discovery of Culture, life took on new meaning. In 1951 he composed a scathing 7,000-word tract. Has God Been Insulted Here?, in which he deplored the "vulgarity" of Faulkner, James Jones, Picasso and Tennessee Williams. Four years later, he bought full-page ads in...
All the columnists started talking about him. He was introduced on Meet the Press as a "strong contender" for the 1964 Republican presidential nomination. Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon both mentioned him as a possibility. President Kennedy even went to the trouble of up staging him when he was asked...
First Romney must be elected. Then he must face up to the problems of a state still deep in financial difficulty. Then, if he has built a record of achievement, he may indeed be a formidable presidential contender.