Word: past
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Chappaquiddick, meanwhile, the party apparently continued long past the time of the accident. The remaining members of the group missed the ferry back to Edgartown and spent the night in the cottage. There were not enough beds to go around and some had to sleep on couches or the floor. Apparently Markham and Gargan left the party to help Ted without being noticed. What they did or where they were for the remainder of the night is still not known...
...some time. Now this burden could grow heavier, as he compares the Kennedy standard as it was passed to him and its present condition. Can he be sure of his own judgment and grit? He himself acknowledged the dilemma last week when he quoted from J.F.K.: "The stories of past courage cannot supply courage itself. For this, each man must look into his own soul...
...McCarthy, 53, made explicit an earlier ambiguous announcement by declaring he would not seek re-election to the Senate next year on any ticket in Minnesota. Columnist Drew Pearson primed Washington's gossip-go-round by reporting that McCarthy "has decided to make a complete break with the past and leave not only the Senate but his wife Abigail...
...Other matters like civil claims and emigration could be turned over to a special court created for the purpose, or to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Contesting parties must agree to accept such a court's jurisdiction, however, and that has proved difficult in the past. For the foreseeable future, it is likely that only the two space powers, the U.S. and the Soviet Union, will be capable of enforcing lunar laws...
...person of Prince Juan Carlos of Borbón, who has been perfectly trained to take up the high mission to which he might be called, I have decided to propose him to the nation as my successor." Thus Generalissimo Francisco Franco, who has ruled Spain for the past 32 years, presented his chosen successor to the Cortes, Spain's tame Parliament. In a roll-call vote, the Cortes overwhelmingly and obediently endorsed Franco's choice...