Word: counting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...incomparable Max Beerbohm once wrote of W. S. Gilbert that his "one notion of humorous prose was to use as many long words and as many formal constructions as possible -- a most tedious trick, much practiced by other Mid-Victorian writers." Three Lampoon pieces are guilty on that count...
Romney at this point can count on probable convention support from a host of moderate G.O.P. Governors. Rockefeller urged a Romney-Javits ticket last spring. Colorado's Love, Massachusetts' Volpe, Pennsylvania's Shafer, Wisconsin's Warren Knowles and Rhode Island's Chafee?who sees a possibility of a Romney-Chafee combination?might throw him their convention votes. Vermont's Senator George Aiken states flatly: "I've held that Romney is the most promising man we have. He could win." Among other Republican Senators, New Jersey's Case, Kentucky's John Sherman Cooper, Hawaii's Hiram Fong and Maine's Margaret...
...John Race fell before handsome Republican Assemblyman William Steiger. In North Dakota, Democratic Newcomer Rolland Redlin was wiped out. Even one Democratic freshman who had been considered a virtual shoo-in for reelection was shooed out: Nebraska's hard-working Clair Callan, after a nightlong seesaw count, finally lost to Fairbury Attorney Robert V. Denney...
...note of the few brief, blazing arcs that make up the "Leonid showers," named for the constellation Leo, which appears behind them in the sky. This week the celestial fireworks promise to be far more gaudy than usual. Instead of half a dozen or so meteors per hour, the count in the early morning of Nov. 17 may number hundreds or even thousands...
Miss Bieberman pleaded innocent to the four count charge. Her attorney claimed that she was the victime of entrapment. A U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspector in Los Angeles had written her under the assumed name of "Larry Talbot," requesting that she sell him LSD. As soon as she did so, proceedings were started against her by the federal government...