Word: knighting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...drama began early in the week when Eagleton was forced to reveal that on three occasions, in 1960, 1964 and 1966, he had been hospitalized in St. Louis or at the Mayo Clinic for nervous exhaustion. When the McGovern camp learned that the Knight newspapers were ready to break a story on Eagleton's medical history (see THE PRESS), McGovern and his running mate decided to break the news themselves at a press conference in Sylvan Lake, S. Dak. Eagleton described himself as "an intense and hard-fighting person," and added: "I sometimes push myself too far." After...
...assignment given Clark Hoyt of the Knight Newspapers' Washington bureau was strictly routine: research the background of Senator Thomas Eagleton and produce a profile for the eleven-paper Knight chain on the newly named Democratic nominee for Vice President. But Hoyt, 29, wound up last week uncovering the biggest political story in years. Only after McGovern confronted Eagleton with Hoyt's information did Eagleton detail his full medical history of psychiatric treatment. TIME, as Eagleton noted, was also on to the story and was working to develop it. The admission set off an uproar, and obscured the fact...
Newsmen in the Midwest and Washington had been aware for years of rumors that Eagleton had experienced fits of depression and drinking, but proof had always been lacking. While Hoyt was en route to St. Louis, Eagleton's hometown, the phone rang in the office of John S. Knight III, editorial writer for the Detroit Free Press and grandson of the chain's editorial chairman. The caller seemed "very nervous," and said that he was a McGovern supporter. But he knew that Eagleton had been treated for mental disorders, and thought the fact should be publicized early...
...hospital adamant in refusing to discuss the matter-but the refusal was couched in terms indicating the information was true. Hoyt also heard of other Eagleton hospitalizations for "gastrointestinal" problems and "sudden weight loss." He thought the evidence strong enough to warrant a detailed memo to Robert Boyd, Knight's Washington bureau chief. The two arranged to meet at Rapid City, S. Dak., and discuss whether to approach McGovern's staff...
...pawn early on, Spassky set up a double-barreled bishop attack on Fischer's cornered king. Staving off one mating threat after another, Fischer somehow managed to salvage a draw. In the fifth game it was Spassky's turn to make a beginner's booboo. Pressured by a knight foray, and more than an hour behind on the time clock, the champion dropped his queen back in hasty retreat. Fischer picked off a pawn with his bishop and challenged the queen, daring Spassky to take the unprotected attacking piece. If he had, Fischer would have had a two-move checkmate...