Word: narrowed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This week the Chicago Sun-Times's poll gave Percy 57% to Douglas' 43%. The spread may narrow considerably as Chicago's Democratic wardheelers redouble their efforts, but Percy exudes confidence that he will no longer be unemployed after...
...gubernatorial race, the Democrats have put on a rare show of party unity that has helped to narrow the initial advantage of Republican Incumbent John Volpe, 57, over the Democratic candidate, former Attorney General Edward McCormack, 43. Volpe, whether dancing Zorba-style at Greek picnics or playing boccie with the paesam, is a more spirited stump performer than the reserved McCormack. Also going for Volpe are the state's prosperity and a generally impressive record in office. McCormack's own poll, completed last week, gave Volpe a tenuous advantage...
...added: "I am convinced that we have now reached a turning point in Asia's history, in Asia's relations with the U.S., in Asia's relations with the rest of the world." More and more, he said, Asia is "casting off the spent slogans of narrow nationalism" and "grasping the realities of an interdependent Asia." Those realities, he noted, are that: 1) "the security of every nation is threatened by an attack of any nation," 2) "political power held by the few and the rich within a nation is power that will not survive...
Even a paperback Bondsman can guess what happens next: Annabelle flicks a series of switches and the bookcase lifts smoothly away, revealing a narrow, darkened secret passage. Anxiously, the couple enter, tripping an electric eye at the end. Wall panels slide away, and they have made the transition into the intriguing world of James Bond without so much as pausing to holler U.N.C.L.E...
...intense solar activity, say modern astronomers, high-energy protons expelled from the sun strike luminescent meteorite material on the lunar surface, and the collisions cause some areas of the moon to glow. Now a Chinese-born, Westinghouse Electric Corp. scientist has gone a step further. An ever-shifting, narrow strip of the moon, he believes, constantly emits a glow...