Word: picks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...find more attractive as a personality-Nixon, McGovern or neither one?" The result: Nixon, 34%; McGovern, 26% ; neither one, 32% ; not sure, 8%. By this measure, McGovern is only eight points behind Nixon, a contrast to the 30-point spread on the main question of whom the voters pick for President. Obviously, the electorate prefers Nixon for reasons other than his personality. He may turn out to be the least liked man ever to win by a landslide...
...late Queen Louise of Sweden once remarked about her husband's lifelong search for archaeological treasures. Now 89, King Gustaf VI Adolf still enjoys an annual exploration in Italy. His latest dig is at Viterbo, 50 miles north of Rome, where His Majesty donned a jaunty hat, seized pick and chisel, and set forth to unearth the secrets of an Etruscan burial ground...
...Hanly lifted slightly forward and off the ground before falling dazed and bruised. The crowd and Murray were mildly amused, but the coaching staff and Hanly weren't exactly bubbling over with praise. In fact, they still make Murray walk into Nichols Drug Store in Ithaca every week to pick up Hanly's prescription for a salve to help heal the rash that developed after Murray and "The Duke" intruded into the crease...
...Shoppers pick up soup meat for $ 1 per Ib. and examine jars of jam that cost $1.15. They drink their coffee watered-down-because it costs $2 per Ib.-and pass up steaks that run $3 to $4 per Ib. for an indifferent cut. Even the rich, dark German bread in Limburg goes for an average of 60? a loaf. I asked one supermarket customer how he would vote on Nov. 19. "I am not yet sure," he replied. "I won't tell you what party I belong to, but I will say that I'm not sure...
...ball again, Namath called a pass play that could have gone to one of three receivers. Meanwhile the Colts had inserted a fresh cornerback, Rex Kern, No. 44, into the secondary; his primary responsibility was covering Caster. As Namath dropped back, Kern, fresh from an injury, tried to pick up the speedy Jet tight end. Namath recalls with a grin: "As I was getting ready to throw, I just saw a big, clean No. 44 on the guy's jersey and I knew that's where I was going to go." Caster, with three steps on Kern, snagged...