Word: losers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...execution atmosphere enveloped San Francisco as the Republican Party convened to nominate its presidential candidate. Lyndon Johnson was at the zenith of his popularity. The G.O.P. was preparing to counter him with Barry Goldwater, an all-but-certain loser. The economy was booming, taxes were down, the cities were more or less tranquil, and Viet Nam was a relatively far-off rumble...
...fact, Millionaire Fulbright had been so unworried by the outcome that he spent little for newspaper ads or TV time. Archsegregationist Jim Johnson, a two-time loser for the governorship and Fulbright's most visible foe, proved as inept as he was intemperate. Running against Fulbright's opposition to the Viet Nam war, Johnson branded the Senator a traitor and a coward. So virulent was Johnson's campaign that Arkansas Negroes, though well aware that Fulbright has never voted for a major civil rights bill, had nowhere else...
...right to point out that though other adventurers have enriched both themselves and vast territories with wilder schemes, they are perhaps less interesting as people. Cecil Rhodes, the empire builder, died leaving Rhodesia and the Kimberly Mines. Frewen, an empire bungler, left only splendid material for a loser's biography...
...that. Three pitchers-Detroit's Denny McLain (record: 17-2), San Francisco's Juan Marichal (15-4) and Cleveland's Luis Tiant (14-5)-all have a shot at winning 30 games, a feat last accomplished by Dizzy Dean in 1934. Tiant, the All-Star game loser, has an incredible ERA of 1.24; the All-Star winner, Los Angeles' Don Drysdale, is only a few points off that...
...notable loser is Ford's Mustang, whose sales have dropped an abysmal 24.5% since Jan. 1. The pull of the intermediates-about the same bumper-to-bumper length as the full-sized cars of eight years ago-seems to reflect a conservative trend in auto buying. In part, this is attributed to a more mature group of buyers: many youngsters, who would normally buy the hot-shot styles, are either in the military service or anticipating a call...