Word: fold
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...number of students participating in the African Scholarship Program will increase nine-fold next year, David D. Henry, director of the program, announced recently...
...line of products ranging from hospital beds to motorboats. Sales have risen from $33 million to $275 million last year; earnings from $692,000 to $26.8 million. Sales for 1960 are expected to exceed $350 million. Reflecting the rise, Brunswick's stock has increased in value 27-fold...
...camp? Undoubtedly, a few Kennedy partisans will be forced to reexamine their choice as a result of the President's efforts. But in the main these people are Democrats who, after an eight-year flirtation with the enemy are somewhat relieved to be able to return to the fold once again. Although the joint television appearances apparently have erased the image of Nixon as a sinister and tricky individual, there is little evidence that his personality has had any great impact on Democratic voters...
...striking feature of the rising Kennedy tide has been the return to the fold by traditionally Democratic voters who switched to President Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956. The most important factor determining the state's political complexion has been Kennedy's religion, the "silent issue...
...very few spit on them (an old trick that prevents the broadsides from being picked up and used again). "That's a good sign," says Bagwell. "Two years ago they dropped our pamphlets like snow." It is not uncommon for a worker to sidle up with a wink, fold back his lapel and expose a concealed Bagwell button. Even Democratic leaders figure that one-third of Wayne County's workers will vote for Bagwell...