Word: regains
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...solution of the Algerian crisis will permit the country to return to normalcy, Aron notes. And then the National Assembly will attempt to regain the privileges and prerogatives granted to de Gaulle during the time of national emergency...
...Lerner prognostications: A Democratic administration will shift the power in Congress away from conservative Southerners. A summit meeting will be held by March. Adlai Stevenson will be named United Nations Ambassador--"the perfect spot for him." There will be "rough sailing economically for whoever wins." "The United States will regain its prestige lost in the struggle of ideas and weapons with the Soviet Union...
...election. Let me say as emphatically as I can: 'Those tactics will not work.' You may hear us inquiring into our lost prestige, our shaky defenses, our lack of leadership. But do not be deceived. The Democratic Party wants to win this election . . . to achieve peace and regain our security and rebuild America's strength...
...still breathing down Johnson's neck in 1958 during the U.S.-U.S.S.R. track meet in Moscow. Weeks before, Kuznetsov had set a world rec ord of 8,014 points. In one of the memorable duels in sports history. Johnson defeated Kuznetsov 8,302 v. 7,897 to regain the world record-and find himself a hero to the Russians. Johnson was kissed on the cheek by Kuznetsov, a bouquet of flowers was pressed into his huge hand, and a band of jubilant Russians later tossed him into the air in triumph. "I'd gone over there thinking...
...swimmers should be nearly as strong as the crew that dominated the 1956 games in Melbourne (8 of 13 gold medals for men and women combined). And then there are the Japanese, who dominated Olympic men's swimming in the 1930s and are only now beginning to regain their prewar form with a crack team. In prospect is a glorious Roman water carnival...