Word: counting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...remains a master of the meeting-hall peroration. At a time when personal political networks count for more than the traditional party organization, he has none to speak of. In an era when a fresh face and youthful persona are worth 1,000 platitudes and millions of votes, Humphrey, who will be 57 on May 27, is the old man of the competition, in danger of seeing his many and distinguished accomplishments of 23 years in elective office dissipated by overexposure. Even to some of his friends, he seems the eternal boy next door, fated to be jilted again...
Allied intelligence doubted that the Communists, who by allied count have lost 71,000 men since Tet, could muster a second offensive on the same devastating scale. But just in case they tried, allied troops were put on the alert throughout South Viet Nam. City dwellers were asked to stockpile food and fuel, lock their doors and stay home. Saigon police threw a cordon around the capital to block arms infiltration. The U.S. 25th Infantry Division was deployed around Tan Son Nhut airport and the allied headquarters there, and B-52s bombed the Communists' likely approaches to Saigon...
Walter's older brother Edward (a former Cambridge mayor) was the toastmaster. The "galaxy of stars at the head table" (and lesser lights in the audience), whom he introduced bore the family names that count in Cambridge politics--O'Neill, Crane, Danehy, Lynch, and Good, to name a few. Some had gone to St. Paul's School with Walter; others were his near or distant relatives; all were his political allies, at least for the moment...
That's right. There are eight--count 'em, eight--right now. And three more on the way. Sound a bit like a Christmas card from Bobby Kennedy? Well, no--it's just another annual business report from the Sack Theatres. Within 15 years, Ben Sack has managed to piece together a chain of eight movie houses which dominate Boston. Not since Cotton Mather has one man managed to dictate so successfully what passes for entertainment in the town...
...Tigers' lead was shortlived. With two outs in the third inning, Ignacio drew a walk. Fremuth had a 3-2 count on Lord when the Crimson captain powered a drive that carried over the centerfielder's head onto the second diamond at Soldiers' Field, where the Yardlings were battling Princeton's freshman nine...