Word: fightingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thuc Ky, leader of the Dai Viet Party and former presidential candidate: "The U.S. should be more interested in forming a strong government to fight the second phase of the Communist campaign instead of trying to organize a new political front. Only a strong government can regain the confidence of the people and continue the fight against the Communists...
Senator Ton That Dinh, onetime army officer who helped overthrow Diem: "There is a real need to reform the government. But at the same time something must be done to motivate the people to fight the Communists. We, like the Communists, are fighting a people...
Chairman Rosel Hyde, 67, is a longtime civil servant whose elevation by President Johnson was welcomed by broadcasters who had been uncomfortable under the crusading oratory of Newton Minow and William Henry. The commissioners carrying on the fight today are Nick Johnson, a former Federal Maritime administrator, and Kenneth Cox, 51, an ex-Seattle attorney...
...carnivals, boxing local stalwarts, died when Lionel was 15. The eldest of nine children, Rose turned to boxing, too-as a means of supporting his family. He fought 19 amateur bouts before collecting his first pro purse in 1964: it came to $45. For last week's fight with Harada, Rose flew economy-class to Japan and stayed in a second-class Tokyo hotel because the third-class hotel he tried first was already full. His cut of the purse came to $7,500, while Loser Harada took home...
That willingness to fight for peanuts was what got Lionel his crack at the 118-lb. title. Winner of 27 out of 29 pro fights and the sixth-ranked bantamweight in the world, Rose was strictly a substitute challenger-for California's No. 1-ranked Jesús Pimentel, who had demanded a bigger share of the pot. Dancing and weaving, easily evading the champion's bull-like charges, Rose raked Harada with sharp jabs, floored him for an eight-count in the ninth round and outpointed him on the cards of the three ring officials...