Word: flanks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When Accuser Lisagor paused for breath, Max Freedman, capital correspondent for England's Manchester Guardian, tired from another flank. The conference format, said Freedman suavely, is rich in ''entrenched blunders," but thanks to Kennedy's rhetorical skill, "the structure of the English sentence is no longer left as a dishonored casualty." Freedman generously split the blame for the conference format's failure between the reportorial inquisitors-"the only class appointed without an examination to conduct cross-examination"-and President Kennedy, who is compelled to endure "the ultimate cruelty of thinking aloud under pressure...
...heartland, Laos borders on four non-Communist nations-Cambodia, Burma, Thailand and South Viet Nam. With the Laotians little interested in defending themselves and the U.S. half a world away, the temptation was irresistible-particularly if it could be had on the cheap. Victory in Laos would help flank South Viet Nam, which is already being subjected to Communist terrorism (see below}. Some specialists think that the ultimate Communist ambition is to isolate India from the East, from the Pacific, from Australia, and from easy help from...
...Ingalls, the other Crimson senior playing his last game, will flank center Tom Heintsman along with Dean Alpine on the third line...
...Rand and Dave Clapp will flank hard at halfback, and John Kernochan will provide relief. Louie Williams, whom Getchell compares to former varsity great Lanny Keyes, will start at left fullback, and Nate Emmons will be at right. Varsity coach Bruce Munro reportedly has his eye firmly fixed on Williams...
...election year. If the obsolete man must electoral purposes accept the twentieth century, the extreme liberal must similar purposes swallow an unattractively large dose of nineteenth century Horatio Alger. In the national conventions, both parties seem to take decisive and conscious move toward the center, leaving on the one flank disappointed Goldwaterites and on the other disgruntled Stevensonians. It matters very little that both heroes have closed ranks with their parties; the "real" Republicans and the "real" Democrats are still not satisfied and will support Nixon and Kennedy only half-heartedly. One of the major tasks for the Democrats this...