Word: netted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...narrowed. Last week's official canvass put the vote at 33,145 for Hickel, 32,065 for Egan and 1,085 for an independent. The outcome confirmed the number of governorships won by the G.O.P. so far (excluding Georgia) at 23 (v. eleven for the Democrats), for a net gain of eight, and control of 25 statehouses...
...ballots, the G.O.P. scored solid gains at every level, from state assembly to U.S. Senate. It picked up some 700 seats in the state legislatures, more than erasing the 529-seat loss of two years ago. Having lost 38 House seats in the Goldwater debacle, the Republicans scored a net gain of 47, their best showing in two decades and a marked improvement over the average off-year pickup of 38 seats for "out" parties during the past half century. The G.O.P. won three additional Senate seats and made major inroads in the gubernatorial races. With an overall gain...
...Denton, who lost to Management Consultant Roger H. Zion, 45. Reflecting farmer unrest, the G.O.P. captured, by one estimate, 57% of the rural vote v. 49.7% in the Goldwater debacle. Of 19 Democrats newly elected in 1964 throughout the region, 16 were retired. In all, Republicans picked up a net gain of 22 House seats in the Midwest?almost half their national gain...
...cultures. The most persistent myth is that girth somehow determines worth, a legend that one doctor says stems from the fact that many of the early Italian singers seemed to be congenitally fat. Today, however, with the emphasis on realistic drama and the lure of TV and films, the net weight of the singers has dropped a ton or two since the early 1900s. Still, most of them are not exactly skinny. Singing opera is extremely demanding physically; and generally, the heartier the singer, the heartier the singing. Some fans of Maria Callas contend that she sang much better...
Kirkland fought back but a defensive lapse allowed three Quincy forwards to break in on Goldstein. The redoubtable K-House goalie came way out of the net and miraculously kicked the ball away, but right into the chest of an oncoming Quincy player. With Goldstein down and out it was three to none and Quincy didn't miss...