Word: doggedness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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What made the difference in the encounter was the varsity's dogged ability to hold Penn scoreless in the third period when the Crimson faced the wind. Then, in the all-important final quarter, the Quakers were troubled by the wind. The Crimson waited for an opportunity, and it came...
Plenty of Advice. The grim effects of this change of fortune became more apparent to Nixon as he moved into New York City for three days of conferences and huddles in his Waldorf-Astoria suite prior to his TV debate. Not only was Kennedy surging in the big-vote eastern...
Dogged Pursuit. Well-known is the story of his being invited by Whittier friends, shortly after V-J day, to run for Congress against New Deal Democrat Jerry Voorhis. His big victory over Voorhis (won partly because he induced Voorhis to engage in a series of public debates and thus...
Dulles' dogged policy of calculated ambiguity served to keep the Communists relatively quiet for three years. Then came crisis: in August 1958, the Communists opened a tremendous artillery attack on Quemoy from their positions seven miles away. Day after day, they lobbed thousands of shells onto the dreary islands...
FOR a chance to observe how the other half is living, the Washington Bureau's two top campaign reporters switched assignments last week. Burt Meyers, who has been covering Vice President Richard Nixon's campaign since January, transferred his luggage to the camp of Senator John Kennedy, and...