Word: crackly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Peace. A few hours later, at a nuclear submarine keel-laying in nearby Groton. Conn., Johnson was the Great Peace Seeker, warning against the rash use of military might. In an obvious crack at his probable November opponent, Barry Goldwater, Johnson said: "Those who would answer every problem with nuclear weapons display not bravery but bravado, not wisdom but a wanton disregard for the survival of the world and the future of the race...
...Reaction. Ike insisted that his "profile" was neutral, but it hit the Goldwater camp like a hurricane. Everything, from backing the United Nations to supporting civil rights and domestic social legislation to the crack about avoiding "impulsiveness" in foreign affairs, struck at least obliquely at Goldwater. Worse, after the 1960 presidential election, Goldwater had scoffed at the same party platform that Ike now praised so highly by saying, "We lost on it." To make sure no one missed the point, Thayer's Tribune planted a column by Pundit Roscoe Drummond squarely alongside the Eisenhower text. Said Drummond...
...offer less resistance," says Skipper Ted Hood, 37. "She ought to be as effective in heavy air as she was in '62 and a good deal better in light air." Columbia, the 1958 victor, will be on hand with the first West Coast crew ever to take a crack at Cup competition. Cornelius Shields has sold her to California Yachtsman Thomas Patrick Dougan, and her new skipper will be Walter Podolak, 50, whose 10-meter yacht Coquille dominates racing in its class along the West Coast, has won 14 of its last 15 races. And finally Easterner, Boston Banker...
Blank Checks. To get more than a third of the money it needs, A.T.&T. went to its usual source of cash: that most democratized group of capitalists, its own stockholders. The company floated history's largest stock issue, 12,241,294 shares, and gave first crack at the issue to its shareholders on a 1-for-20 basis. Openly trying to make the stock even more attractive, Fred Kappel announced an increase in the yearly dividend from $3.60 to $4 and a 2-for-1 split that next month will raise the total to 512,000,000 shares...
Lacrosse goalie Sam Norton seems a good bet to acquire at least the varsity's second spot and will have a good crack at making the first team...