Word: rans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Twenty years ago, when ex-Vice-President Henry Wallace ran for President, there was reason to believe a third party could do well. New York State had been able to sustain both a third and fourth party to the left of the Democrats. California had seen, in the '30's, a remarkable showing by Upton Sinclair in an insurgent bid for the Governorship. But in '48 Wallace got two per cent of the vote and was narrowly edged out by a Dixiecrat (a humiliation which could easily recur...
...through the gate at the north end of the Yard, and an equal number squeezed through a gap in the fence at the corner of Mower after the gate was closed. When they got to the Commons, the freshmen didn't know what to do, so they yelled, ran, and played hide-and-go-seek with the police. Bursars cards were taken, and the would-be rioters skulked back into the Yard through the hole near Mower...
Shouting "on to the Cliffe," about 50 ran to the Cambridge Common where they paused to regroup. Deciding that they didn't have enough rioters, they returned to the Yard to stir up more interest...
...Kentucky Derby has produced more than its share of surprises, but it has never been a happy hunting ground for long-shot bettors. In 1913, a nag named Donerail galloped home at 91 to 1, and in 1940 Gallahadion ran off with all the roses at 35 to 1. Outside of that, only ten times in 92 years has any horse hit the wire rated at more than 10 to 1. So imagine the astonishment at Churchill Downs last week when the Derby winner turned out to be Proud Clarion, a 30-to-l shot that didn't even...
...gross national product has risen at the rate of 8.2% annually since 1952, now stands at $3.1 billion. >Industrial production has been increasing nearly 14% a year; industry on the island is four times broader than it was in 1952. >Taiwan's trade balance, which once ran a $100 million annual deficit in spite of U.S. aid (discontinued in 1965), is now only $34 million in deficit on a much larger base ($569 million in exports and $603 million in imports). Meanwhile, foreign exchange reserves last year rose another 10% to $337 million. >Per-capita income, rising...