Word: mckinleyism
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ASSASSINATION has never been an instrument of politics in the U.S.: no plot to seize power, no palace intrigue, has ever cost an American President his life. The three assassins whose bullets killed Presidents Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley were lonely psychopaths, adrift from reason in a morbid fascination with the place history gives those who reverse its orderly progress. Each sought an hour of mad glory-and each died convinced that history would understand...
...Ralston, the Peck's Bad Boy of tennis, for once kept his temper under control, beat Krishnan at his own sandy game, with short volleys and dinky drop shots that won in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1, 13-11. Texas' Chuck McKinley, mounting the same kind of whirlwind attack that earned him the Wimbledon championship, needed only 72 minutes to dispose of India's Permjit Lall, 6-4, 6-3, 6-0. Ralston and McKinley then won the doubles to give the U.S. a 3-0 lead and turn the last two singles matches into...
Skis Over McKinley, a film by Hans Gmoser, is being shown at Kreage auditorium on Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. by the Boston Chapter of the International Student Association. The movie was filmed last summer when Gmoser's group climbed the northern face of Mt. McKinley...
...Davis Cup interzone semifinals, whitewashing Britain, 5-0. Down one set and 0-5 to Britain's Billy Knight, Florida's Frank Froehling rallied brilliantly to win a crucial singles match, 4-6, 8-6, 6-4, 6-4. Wimbledon Champion Chuck McKinley won two singles matches in straight sets, teamed with Dennis Ralston to take the doubles. Still to go before the U.S. gets a crack at perennial Cup holder Australia: the interzone finals next month against India. > Oklahoma: a 17-12 upset victory over No. 1-ranked Southern California...
...McKinley trounced British hard-courts champion Billy Knight, 8-6, 6-2, 6-3. Since the Cup matches were played on hard courts at Bournemouth, England, Knight played instead of Wilson, who is higher ranked in world competition but is not as strong a hard-court player as Knight...