Word: fightingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...surprised if he chose to end his career at any time in the near future." Still, that such talk could get started about a man so fond of power indicates how Lyndon Johnson's popularity has faded; the theory is that he might prefer dignified retirement to a fight he might lose...
...Just as Bailey candidly set out to "destroy" the late Marilyn Sheppard last month in his successful fight to win Sam Sheppard's acquittal for her murder. He portrayed Marilyn as an adulteress killed by a jealous wife. Last week, after an investigation, a Cuyahoga County, Ohio, grand jury dismissed Bailey's claim as having "no basis in truth or fact" and rebuked him for raising it. Though Bailey won a new trial for Sheppard by claiming prejudicial press coverage, the publicity in the Coppolino case clearly did not harm the defendant. Superior Court Judge Elvin Simmill...
...visit her. It was a blowy, gusty sort of day, and when I asked them what they wanted to do, they chose the beach. It was deserted; we improvised a shelter, then we splashed into the wild sea. Or evenings, boating on the Wey River, those two would literally fight for the privilege of taking the oars. To this day, Julie is naturally a country girl. There is nothing she likes better than to get down here, tramping about, shedding it all, serving tea with the local ladies at a cricket match...
...threaded before MacArthur could be moved from the Philippines to Australia and establish a new international command on the ruins of the shattered U.S.-British-Dutch-Australian setup. He had to respect MacArthur's legitimate pride and ignore the inexplicable pettiness that moved MacArthur to fight against a Medal of Honor for his comrade, Jonathan Wainwright, destined for a Japanese prison camp. Throughout, Marshall never wavered in his belief in MacArthur's military genius...
...amazed," he continues, "with the response to our letter to President Johnson." Only about 3000 copies were mailed out, primarily to members of the Federation of American Scientists (which, incidentally, was organized after World War II to fight military control of atomic energy) and yet over 5000 have signed...