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...some of the numbers (264-272) in the nation's first draft lottery since the 1940's. He was on a Selective Service advisory committee at the time and was picked as the Massachusetts representative for the televised drawing in Washington. Picking such high numbers made him feel "pretty darn good," and he himself ended up with number 208. "I've had a lot of second thoughts, but I'd do it again," he said on Valentine...
...have to finish in the first 12 or 13 in September to have a good shot," DiCara said. Like any politician, he refrains from talking down his chances, which he characterizes as "darn good, darn good." DiCara predicts that his success will vary directly with the funds he raises between now and July. The target is $25,000 to $30,000. "If I can raise that amount of money and can't win, well, that's pretty bad," he mused...
...people used to joke about the Quincy triumvirate of politicians-Guenther, DiCara, and Ki?by Wilcox '70. DiCara has chosen Guenther as his campaign manager. "He's one of the few people who can criticize me and get me to listen," DiCara explained Sunday. "That's damn, I mean darn, important...
...rash U.S. decision, Richard Nixon might have been on the platform instead of Podgorny. When the darn was being planned in 1956, Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser won pledges of $268 million in assistance from the World Bank, the U.S. and Britain. But when Nasser began talking about seeking funds from Moscow too, U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles decided to punish him by revoking Washington's pledge. Britain and the World Bank thereupon also reneged. Moscow moved in with a flourish, eventually lending Cairo $554 million of the dam's $800 million cost. The Russians...
...start of the second half, we started two different players. Tom Mustoe and Jean Wilkinson," said head coach Bob Harrison yesterday. "They did a darn good job for us in the second half and helped get us a lead. Our success was due to an overall team effort," he added...