Word: losers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Thus, the choice of George Mahoney as the Democratic candidate in Maryland has been considered the most shocking victory of all. It shouldn't be. Mahoney, a six-time loser in Democratic primaries since 1950, ran on one issue -- his opposition to open housing laws. His two major opponents, Rep. Carlton Sickles and State Attorney General Thomas Finan, who ran a close second and third, both supported the now-dead Civil Rights Bill of 1966. Both were liberals, although Finan, the organization candidate, was tainted by scandals in the-state administration in which he served. And together they received well...
Forty-seven is a little late in life for a man to change his whole philosophy. But give Ralph Houk credit for trying. "Winning is all that counts," he used to say. Houk was a winner then. Now that he's a loser, he's learning to act like one. Alibis: "Injuries have practically killed us." Complaints: "The umpire really blew that one." Pleas for sympathy: "We're going through a period of unexpected events." Promises, promises, promises: "We have some outstanding prospects...
...totality of the Yankee collapse seems to baffle Houk as much as anybody. "I've never been with a losing club before, either as a manager or a player," he mutters. Pitcher Mel Stottlemyre, a 20-game winner last year, is a 17-game loser this season. Leftfielder Tom Tresh, a .279 hitter in 1965, is batting .238. The team as a whole is batting .237. They have lost 33 games by a margin of one run, and they have been unable even to beat their old patsies, the Washington Senators and the California Angels...
Beastly is the word for the people in this picture. Out beyond Palm Springs, six of the sicklers solo off and chainwhip a couple of stompers from another hogpen. In the peel-off, Loser (Bruce Dern) puts the burn on a police bike, catches a slug in the back, lands on the critical list. H.B. and his buddies bust him out of the hospital, but back at the clubhouse Loser dies of shock while puffing pot. As the fuzz move in, the choppers move out for Loser's funeral in a chapel draped with Nazi banners. The-rite soon...
...Fannie Mae's taciturn president, J. Stanley Baughman, explains simply: "We do what we have to do." Pittsburgh-born Baughman, an up-through-the-ranks federal careerist since 1933, made his mark among mortgage men by turning the depression-born Home Owners' Loan Corp. from a money loser into a profit maker. Taking over Fannie Mae in 1950, he tightened up loose operating procedures, chopped his staff while the work load doubled, won a reputation as an administrator who could say no without ruffling too many tempers. Today, at 68, Baughman waves aside talk of retiring. He runs...