Word: dampness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cold, it was damp, and only about 350 anti-Goldwater partisans showed up at the Boston Common yesterday afternoon to get in their last licks at the Republican nominee for President. But a motley crew of Barry's boys came by to add a little excitement...
...four-man Harvard squad scored a composite 315 on the damp Burlington (Vt.) Country Club Course. Providence College and the University of Rhode Island tied for second place...
...marathon drama that lasted for more than a week, the short, balding, beak-nosed Martinet was the indispensable man. With him in the lead, the men explored the "room" in which they were trapped: a 144-ft.-long by 15-ft.-high chamber that was cold and damp, its floor under water. There was no food; yet, thanks largely to Martinet, the miners resisted panic, began tapping with their picks on the cavern wall...
...Lusaka, 450 miles to the southwest, came 2,000 soldiers and police to restore order. The troops surrounded the Lumpas' headquarters of Sione, named for the Biblical Zion, demanding immediate surrender. Instead, the fanatical Lumpas charged, brandishing spears, axes and ancient rifles. "Jericho!" they yelled, doubtless expecting a damp spray in return. Not water but lead was the soldiers' reply, and soon 65 Lumpas lay dead, 50 wounded...
...Total attendance was a record 70,000, and though the crowds were well-behaved, thousands could not find hotel rooms, passed up the damp beaches, and bedded down instead in city parks and private yards, swarmed through the business area, blocking local traffic and preventing residents from getting to the stores. As a result, the city council banned Freebody Park as a future festival site. Newport appreciates the business, spokesmen announced last week, but wants the folkniks farther out of town...