Word: kept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...What had kept him from the major, decisive victory that had been so widely (and perhaps too optimistically) expected by many of his followers? In addition to his choice of Maryland's inept Governor Spiro Agnew as his running mate, it was probably his closed, negative campaign. That, and a personality that has simply never come close to captivating the U.S. voter. Nixon was so far in front that his overriding concern was to avoid a serious error-hardly the sort of strategy designed to fire imaginations. But it can also be argued that the Democrats-the majority party...
Ever since the first phase of the Paris talks began on May 10, U.S. diplomats in Saigon have kept President Thieu informed about the issues under discussion. Aware of South Viet Nam's sensitivity about Viet Cong representation, the U.S. suggested to the North a proposal Secretary of State Dean Rusk described as a practical "Anglo-Saxon approach." An exercise in diplomatic gymnastics, the American plan allowed each side to constitute its negotiating team as it wished and to say what it liked about the equality of its members. The genius of the plan was that the other side...
...Hardin kept Coach Bill McCurdy in doubt about the battle for first place long after Harvard was assured of the team prize. "Dauntless Doug" fought a see-saw struggle for 41/2miles with Yale's previously undefeated captain, Frank Shorter...
Hardin made a strong bid to break away during the third mile, but Shorter came back to take a one-stride lead going up Van cortland Park's legendary Cemetery Hill. But Hardin kept the pressure on. Moving well over the crest of the hill and down the back side to open up a ten yard lead by the final flat stretch. He managed to maintain his momentum over the final 600 yards as his long-time Eli rival faded rapidly. Hardin's final margin of victory, a convincing eighteen seconds, belied the closeness of the battle...
Fullback Hilary Worthen and wing Scott Robertson are the biggest question marks for the Princeton game. Worthen is suffering from a charley horse sustained in the Penn game which kept him out of practice all week. And Robertson may have a torn cartilege, which would probably sideline him for the rest of the season...