Word: ran
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...poverty, tried everything from sidewalk electioneering in a rocking chair to reading poetry before local Rotary Clubs. Maine's citizens, however, preferred that he keep his hell raising at home. The result: Merrill lost to State Senator Horace Hildreth Jr., 36, son of a former Maine Governor who ran on a platform of drug and gun control, by nearly 18,000 votes...
...probably thought that he was employing violence to "put down evil." Some editors reacted as strongly as readers. As soon as he got a glimpse of the offending Tracyism, Donald Brazier, assistant managing editor of the Seattle Times, had it chipped from the printing plate. The Los Angeles Times ran a sampling of some 100 letters it had received criticizing the strip, then added that it "joins in condemning any endorsement of the spirit of violence and any extra-legal act of violence...
...perhaps a good deal more). "Andrew Mellon was possibly the most brilliant businessman whom our society has produced," wrote FORTUNE'S Charles J. V. Murphy recently. "He was a banker who understood corporations and an investor who understood men." The two brothers were so close that they ran a joint bank account for as long as they were both alive. The brothers' philosophy: Bet on a man with an idea, taking a share in the business while making the loan; leave him alone unless he gets into difficulty; when he prospers, let him pay back the loan (retaining...
...with industry trends, the Santa Fe is gradually closing out what was once one of the best passenger services in the country. Since last October, the Santa Fe has discontinued 15 trains, some runs dating back to the days when bison and Indians roamed the tracks and Harvey girls ran the depot restaurants...
...down to zero as fierce squalls kicked up 5-ft. swells. Florida's John Heinrich was only 30 miles out of Freeport when waves ripped the deck off his 26-ft. Alim outboard. Between Chub Cay and Nassau, the 24-ft. Nova inboard of Miamian Allan Brown ran out of gas, then wallowed helplessly in the wash for more than four hours while rescue planes searched...