Word: eight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...presidential nomination. That year he became Nixon's campaign director. Many observers of that contest maintain that if Nixon had not persisted in meddling with every detail of the campaign?an unfortunate tendency he learned to master in 1968?he would have become President eight years sooner...
...Senate Armed Services Committee held an opening hearing-in itself an extraordinary event-in which eight scientists presented now familiar supporting and opposing views...
...mountainous southeastern border. The 15,000-man Lebanese army proved incapable of the task. It settled for insisting that the guerrillas not carry arms in Lebanon-which often meant the army carried their weapons for them. Two weeks ago, even that slight restraint was brushed aside when an eight-man Lebanese patrol stopped a group of Al-Fatah commandos a mile from the Israeli border. One guerrilla opened fire, wounding all eight Lebanese...
...rest of the matches, Harvard showed its newfound strength and won eight straight-set victories. Rocky Jarvis won, 6-0, 6-4, and Terry Oxford prevailed at number three, 6-1, 6-3. "Punjabi" Larry Terrell continued his outstanding singles play as he crushed his opponent, 6-0, 6-0. Sophomores Bill Washauer and Chris Nielsen also triumphed easily...
Ignacio finished his season last year with an outstanding performance in the NCAA finals that raised his batting average to 284. But this season the senior left fielder got off to a terrible start on the Southern tour that left him hitting only .176 for the first eight games...