Word: dolefully
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Died. James J. Braddock, 68, heavyweight champion of the world (1935-37); in North Bergen, NJ. After a promising start as a middleweight in the '20s, Braddock's luck faltered. During the Depression he worked on the docks and went on the dole, but he kept on fighting -and losing. After a surprise victory in 1934, he disposed of three strong contenders for the heavyweight crown and earned a shot at Champion Max Baer's title. Braddock skillfully outboxed Baer for 15 rounds, winning a unanimous decision and Damon Runyon's sobriquet "the Cinderella...
...Maryland and Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania Jacob Javits of New York was a fairly comfortable winner; he received 45% of the vote in his race against former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, the Democratic nominee, who drew 39%, and Conservative Party Candidate Barbara Keating, who got 15%. Robert Dole of Kansas, who was Republican National Chairman in 1972, won by a whisker. Four months ago Dole thought he was "down the tube." But he managed to beat Obstetrician William Roy (by about 2%), with the help of a Manhattan political-research firm and a Boston advertising agency. A TV commercial showed...
...people have died of starvation in the states of Bihar and West Bengal (see SPECIAL SECTION). The Prime Minister, having proudly proclaimed her country's self-sufficiency after a record harvest in 1971, was reluctant to accept any aid that made India seem to be on the American dole again...
...Whether Dole can completely escape the taint of Watergate and Washington is the crucial question. For there is no doubt that the transgressions of Nixon & Co. are hurting his chances in a state which, if substantially Republican, is also highly moral in its outlook...
...muting his usual wisecracking, Dole dashed through 26 counties in the first two weeks of October, assuring voters that his heart belongs to Kansas and not to Washington. He has also spent more money than any other senatorial candidate in state history-$708,392 since the first of the year as compared with Roy's $461,739. A plainspoken, genially combative obstetrician to the political left of Dole, Roy has tried to make a campaign issue of his opponent's campaign spending. Dole retorts that Roy has received $100,000 from organized labor in a state where...