Word: ebb
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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UNTIL recently most political observers figured that Democrat John Kennedy was a sure 1964 winner, and that it did not make much difference who the G.O.P. candidate would be. Now, many are changing their minds. To be sure, a President is historically at low ebb at the tag end of a pre-election year, and between now and November 1964 a lot of things can happen-and probably will. But a state-by-state survey by TIME correspondents indicates that at least Republican Barry Goldwater could give Kennedy a breathlessly close contest. The results (electoral votes in parentheses...
...walking wounded and unofficial dead of the affluent society. They inhabit what is known in officialese as "substandard housing," but they are figures in a land scape of hell. Wallant writes with lyrical affection of falling plaster, the colors of linoleum, the awful caprice of electrical fixtures, and the ebb and flow of cruel plumbing. He sniffs the eternal odors of poverty, sin and despair on stairway, landing and daybed. The flaking walls about his creatures are a barometer of the damp weather in the soul. His theme is the pursuit of grace among the abounding roaches...
...follow the returns, the Agriculture Department set up a regular election-night headquarters, expected to chart the ebb and flow of the vote late into the night. But by 7 p.m., Room 6768 in the department's main Washington building was a glum place. Far from giving Freeman's plan the necessary two-thirds, farmers refused it even a simple majority. The final vote was 547,151 for, 597,776 against (see box on following page...
Seven months later, when Liberal fortunes were at their lowest ebb, the party's leadership fell to Mike Pearson. He had not fought for it, but the tax-free $38,885 Nobel Prize money had given him a small measure of financial independence, and he was willing to take a chance. He had barely begun his new job when he made an almost fatal political blunder...
...Ebb & Flow. Kennedy smiled wanly. "There is," he replied, "a rhythm to a personal and national and international life, and it flows and ebbs. We have a good many difficulties at home and abroad...