Word: lot
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...South Boston wasn't the toughest neighborhood in the world, but there were a lot of fights, and since I was a small kid, I figured I'd better discourage people from bothering me," he said. "If I'd been any bigger, I probably would have gotten interested in other sports besides boxing...
...canvassers' enthusiasm and support. For the past two weekends, those working throughout the state have gathered together on Saturday night for a massive mixer-type party. And at both occasions Senator McCarthy was there to offer them encouragement, congratulations, and gratitude. He signed autographs, shook hands, smiled a lot, and made it all seem worthwhile. He says his army of students is something "America has never seen before" and that his campaign could never have progressed so quickly without their help...
Throughout the state, such experiences seemed the exception. Many canvassers have found a fairly wide-pread lack of confidence among New Hampshire voters in President Johnson and a genuine desire to know about all candidates. They feel that a lot of people are being reached and expressing their thoughts who other wise would probably not have gone to the polls...
...Empress Catherine of Russia had a passion for almost anything that could fit in her boudoir. That (and she) took in quite a lot, but the insatiable sovereign nevertheless beat it down to the stables where, when the grooms gave out, she dallied with the dobbins. (She met her death, they say, while mounting a horse in a somewhat unusual fashion...
...national press's unfair reporting of the entire incident. The school had taken no notice of the Washington march or its aftermath, but several of the administrators admitted later that the whole business left them pretty edgy. This tension in all departments of the University contributed a lot to the events of the next few days...