Word: poleaxing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their worth against top company. Martin's Jig finished fifth in his last start, at a mile. Wood-Pro has won once in two years. Nodouble, a supplementary entry at $10,000, is unbeaten this year but against much lesser opposition. I have never heard of either Ringmaster or Poleax, for what they are worth, which is probably not much...
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Raising the Ceiling. The reason is obvious. His congressional critics, buttressed by 47 newly elected Republicans, stand ready to poleax any overambitious new measures. Moreover, they will have two opportunities to express their displeasure with his economic policies at the very outset of the session. One will present itself when the President asks for a supplementary appropriation for Viet Nam estimated at $15 billion -rather than the $9 billion or $10 billion that he predicted only last month. Another will arise when he asks Congress to raise the $330 billion ceiling on the national debt. Because Johnson was reluctant...