Word: primed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...understandable, maybe even intended, that Wallace's performance looked unprofessional, but the miscalculation of Nixon's election eve special are harder to explain. Perhaps his staff was complacent, perhaps pig-headedly conservative. In either case they chose to offer no more during prime time than a two-hour telephone version of his tedious citizens' panel shows...
Only three months ago a prime candidate for the Republican vice-presidential nomination, John Vliet Lindsay, 46, the 103rd Mayor of New York and the holder of the second toughest political post in the U.S., was faced with the distinct prospect of political repudiation. The city's 2,000,000 Jews, once a cornerstone of his constituency, had turned cool and often hostile. Jeers greeted his name at synagogues; "hate mail" came into his office. City Hall became a fortress against an angry city, and Lindsay spent more and more time at Gracie Mansion, the city's elegant...
...batteries did not recharge as fast or as fully as expected; current overloads twice tripped circuit breakers, cutting off electrical power until the crew reset the breakers. The otherwise flawless performance was a tribute to the corrective program instituted by NASA and North American Rockwell Corp., Apollo's prime contractor, after the disastrous Cape Kennedy fire that killed three astronauts in January...
...crucial games are slated for next Tuesday. First-place Eliot meets prime contender Kirkland, while cellar-dwellers Quincy and Dudley will fight it out for eight place. Leverett, one of the three undefeated teams, plays Adams, while Lowell faces third-place Dunster...
...toward a role in national politics. One development which may reconcile the dilemma between a national audience and a more narrowly southern one for Bond is the probability that Atlanta, through state reapportionment in 1970, will emerge as a predominantly black congressional constituency. Julian Bond would obviously be a prime contender for the Congressional seat and if elected would have national political influence while remaining still a major force in the politics of his home. Until this probability becomes a political reality, however, Julian Bond will most likely be found in Atlanta, doing what he does best--bringing southern blacks...