Word: racing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Prime Minister, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, who, along with intellect and political skill, exhibits a swinger's panache, a lively style, an imaginative approach to his nation's problems. A great many U.S. voters yearn for a fresh political experience, but at midpoint in 1968, the U.S. presidential race has begun to seem grindingly familiar. Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon appear destined to seize their parties' nominations, then meet in an old-style confrontation in the November election. For some voters, at least, the prospect is enough to start a small migration to Canada. In a last-ditch...
...fact may have generally escaped notice at the time, but when New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller leaped back into the race for the G.O.P. presidential nomination on April 30, precisely 100 days remained until the balloting was to begin in Miami. Last week, despite enthusiastically cheering crowds and some other encouraging signs, there was increasing worry among his followers that Nelson's Hundred Days might well wind up as Napoleon's did-with a Waterloo...
Tension was high in the area for hours after the incident, while people continued to mill around and policemen to shout orders and race motorcycles. One "straight" youth remarked "Either we'll get the Common back or there'll be a curfew in the whole city...
Harvard was clocked in 6:36.8 in its first Olympic-distant race since May 11. Vesper finished...
...very satisfying race," captain Canning said afterwards. "At Long Beach we'll be more aware of our starts...