Word: fatted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Figures. The biggest proponents of television are the new breed of campaign management firms. For a fat fee -into six figures for a major statewide contest-the freelance image polishers will take over as much of the administrative work and thinking as the candidate will allow and pay for. They will handle his advertising, fund raising, research, direct mailings, speechwriting, and just about everything else short of representing his district after election. These backroom brains seldom meet the people, rely instead on elaborate research and computers to determine what the voters want to hear...
...situation of the franc is far from critical. Behind the franc stands a fat reserve of $5.9 billion, mostly in gold, which remains ample despite a mild decline in the last two months. France's balance of payments shows a healthy surplus. Last month an early debt repayment of $71 million was made to the U.S., and France has used surplus dollars to buy $358 million in gold from the U.S. in the first eight months of 1966. These are all clear signs of fundamental strength...
...less diligent in reading dispatches from the front; some bastard of his-or some other kin-was always there to look after the fighting. The best of the lot of left-handed royalty was the Due de Vendome, who "at the age of 54 looked like an old, fat, dirty, diseased woman" and was syphilitic to boot ("his nose quite eaten away"), though on the battlefield he raged like a lion...
...blue flag from the pole before it could be tied down. As fireworks illuminated the swirling sand clouds overhead, a tribal witch doctor swept back his cockerel headdress, tucked his baboonskin shirt between his knees, and flashed a mossy grin. "There will be rain," he predicted. "Everyone will be fat...
With the league leaders all doing to badly, the Mets may win the Series on a write-in vote. They survived eight innings of perfect ball by Larry Dierker to beat the Astros in the ninth, 1-0. Fat Jack Fisher pitched his second straight shut...