Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...months became a blurred montage of interviews and photographs, of last-minute domestic tips from her mother and from Cook Zephyr Wright, of shopping excursions in Manhattan and Washington, of parties and showers, of picking silverware (Old Maryland pattern) and china (Ambassador Limoges). After accompanying her father on a fast one-day swing through Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky late last month, she appeared so wan in public that the White House explained that she was exhausted, not ill. Nonetheless, at a press conference a few days earlier, Luci had proved more than a match for her inquisitors...
...agreed that Mao indeed seemed in excellent health. But they complained that their boats were located too far back to see him actually in the water. It was a great loss since, if he really did the nine miles in 65 minutes, it would be approximately four times as fast as the world's best-known ten-mile swimming record. So impressed was the president of the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation that he invited Mao to enter two long-distance races that his association will sponsor this summer in Canada-unless, he suggested, Mao preferred to remain...
...recalls a conversation with the late President about his Republican opponents: "The man I don't want to run against is George Romney," he told Fay. "That fellow could be tough. No drinking, no smoking. Imagine someone we know going off for 24 or 48 hours to fast and meditate, awaiting a message from the Lord on whether to run or not. Does that sound like one of the old gang? No, give me good old Barry...
Under Communism, crime was supposed to wither away as fast as the state. But last week the Soviet Union acknowledged its soaring crime rate by creating a new "Ministry for the Protection of Public Peace," which will nationalize the country's sorely beset police forces. While sharply boosting police powers and urging more prowl cars, the Kremlin freed Russians of any liability for injury done to a suspect in making a citizen's arrest...
...were Jim's competitors-Richard Romo of Texas, Tom Von Ruden of Oklahoma State, and Wade Bell of Oregon-who got together before the race, agreed to help Ryun by pressing the pace. "It will be interesting," explained Von Ruden, "to see what Ryun can do with a fast pace...