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...Formosan. Yang was eligible for the A.A.U. meet, which accepts qualified foreigners. At this point, should he make a fast time in his heat of the 1,500 meters. Yang still had an outside chance of breaking Johnson's newly set world record. When Yang began to falter. Johnson's behavior was characteristic. From the sidelines he cried encouragement: "Keep going! Keep going! It's almost over!" Lifted by Johnson's cheers. Yang finished with the fine score of 8,426 points to pass Kuznetsov-but still short of Johnson's record. That night Johnson...
...superpowers and a dangerous clash between them." Along with the relief ran pleased surprise at Hammarskjold's positive achievements in the Congo and some concern over what he had let himself and the U.N. in for. In a month of swirling diplomatic maneuver, Hammarskjold had sometimes seemed to falter but in the end prevailed. He steadily pressured the Belgians toward renouncing their angry reoccupation of the Congo that they had so recently freed. He had kept the Congo's erratic politicians, at least for the moment, from plunging their infant nation into civil war, and checked the threatened...
...next time your little lady allows how attendance at the U.T. is non-U and not at all Ivy League, and she hopes you will falter her sensibilities by emptying your pockets for a single feature, just stuff her mouth full of popcorn and lead her to the first row of the downstairs reserve section. I'll be there...
...Virginia primary May 10. If Jack Kennedy sweeps the state, some of Stevenson's closest advisers will urge him to endorse Kennedy. They argue that support from Stevenson might be enough to put Kennedy well ahead of the pack, soften the feud over religion. Then, if Kennedy should falter at the convention, Stevenson could not be blamed as a holdout, and Kennedy, in turn, might throw his votes to Stevenson...
Even though he moved faster than he had while under wraps, Stu Symington was basing his campaign on a policy of hurry up and wait. If Jack Kennedy should falter or fail on one of the primary battlefields then Symington-generally conceded to be "everybody's second choice"-might move into position as the most promising candidate...