Word: racing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seventh congressional district Democratic race, John D. Elder, assistant dean of the Divinity School, lost by a 3-1 landslide to President Kennedy's Harvard roommate and longtime incumbent Torbert H. MacDonald...
...what was expected to be a very close race, early McCarthy backer, State Rep. Joseph Bradley, was defeated by a 2-1 margin in the third district Democratic contest. Incumbent Phillip J. Philbin, a hawk until very recently, beat Bradley in a large new district. Philbin's old district was put into other districts after court-ordered redistricting...
...idea for the race came from Caltech Physics Graduate Wally Rippel, 23, whose experiences with Los Angeles' eye-smarting smog had inspired him to create a fumeless electric car two years ago. When he heard that students at M.I.T. were developing a similar electric model-as are several auto companies, including Ford, General Motors and American Motors-he challenged them to a transcontinental race. The aim of the operation: to stimulate interest in non-air-pollutant electrics...
...strike that all but paralyzed the town, Detroit these days is diverted by the exhilarating symptoms of a raging case of pennant fever. The very idea of getting into the World Series once again has temporarily brightened everything. Fights may still erupt during discussions of such volatile topics as race relations, religion or politics. But talking about Tiger successes is absolutely uncontroversial. September's mood is a reflection of the relief expressed by the Detroit News after the Tigers' last pennant: "Again this fall, when a mass neurosis settled on us and the whole town seemed gripped by a home...
...French, they run a funny race. Give them somebody else's genre-Hitchcock suspense, slapstick à la Sennett-and they can dominate the field. But ask them to run on their own course-amour, with plenty of gallic-and, pouf!, they fall apart...