Word: picking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...uncertainty and inequity of the present system, but in the context of his total theme it was a relatively minor point. The lottery presumably would provide a mechanism for separating, among the men capable of service, those who go to the military from those who will be allowed to pick alternatives. But McNamara indicated that he prefered the separation to be made by choice, not by chance. Young men should seek opportunities for service outside the military, he said, suited to their particular skills and interests." The lottery "hasn't been discussed much" in government circles...
...crimson is rejected as too controversial, Fink suggests a Harvard contest to pick a new color. How about fuchsia...
...Korea." Speaking with quiet scorn, the President called Nixon "a chronic campaigner" whose "problem is to find fault with his country and with his Government every two years." He declared that Nixon "doesn't serve his country well" by broadcasting such criticism "in the hope that he can pick up a precinct or two or a ward or two." In the most caustic gibe of all, he said of Nixon: "He never did really recognize and realize what was going on when he had an official position in the Government. You remember what President Eisenhower said: that...
Formless and confusing as the campaign was, neither party underestimated the importance of the outcome. If they were to have much hope for 1968, the Republicans had to regain most of the 38 House seats they lost in 1964, pick up a couple of governorships and perform well in the contests for some 6,800 state legislative seats. Otherwise, as House Minority Leader Jerry Ford put it, "there won't be anybody who will want" the Republican presidential nomination. Lyndon Johnson insisted bravely that a loss of 40 or 50 House seats would not "adversely affect the Government program...
...very tempting to pick Penn over Yale today. Penn, with halfback Cabot Knowlton and possibly star end Rick Owens healthy, could seriously threaten Yale's strong defense. The Eli defense, however, is strongest up the middle, and Penn will have to stick to passing and wide runs...