Word: fightingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Bolstered by his reputation as a crusader, Brooke won the G.O.P. nomination for attorney general in 1962, easily defeated a Democratic machine candidate, who was picked for the race only because the incumbent, Edward McCormack, was locked in a senatorial primary fight with Teddy Kennedy...
...armistice in 1965. Though he has lost some 5,000 Egyptian troops, Nasser vows to "stay in Yemen 20 years if necessary." Monarchist guerrillas, garrisoned in mountain caves, are not budging either. "We live here," says their military chieftain, Prince Hussein bin Ahmed. "We are prepared to fight for 50 years to keep Nasser out, just as we did the Ottoman Turks...
...Houston last week, Cassius finally became champion of all the world by beating Terrell, the World Boxing Association's champion, in a methodical 15-round fight that shocked quite a few sportswriters. He did not knock Terrell out-or even down. Instead Cassius carefully closed Ernie's left eye, opened a bloody gash over his right eye that later required seven stitches, and generally made mincemeat of his man. Then, with Terrell dazed and helpless, Clay screamed, "Uncle Tom nigger!" "What's my name?" he demanded again and again. "That's it, baby!" shouted Clay...
...outcry mounted-until Clay finally heard it. In an interview, he tried to repair his image by apologizing for "making the ring a speaking rostrum." Terrell, he said, was "a real man." Later, Clay had a substantial piece of evidence on his side: movies of the fight showed that the only foul punches were thrown by the blinded Terrell. By week's end Clay had regained some of his old pre-Muslim composure. Appearing on NBC's Tonight Show, he was asked whether he was by any chance in love. Replied Cassius coolly: "Not with anybody else...
Eastern's New York-Washington shuttle may be in for a fight before long. "We see these guys standing at our gates with clipboards, making notes," says one Eastern man in Washington. "We know who they are." Eastern takes the position that the Jet Express isn't any way to run an air shuttle. Striking back, its own ads are featuring a stewardess who asks: "Coffee, tea or planes...