Word: repeats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Harry Truman vowed not to repeat his 1956 tactical error, when he waited until the nominating convention itself to go all out for New York's Averell Harriman, was too late to get more than two dozen votes (out of 1,372) off the Stevenson bandwagon. For his part, Rayburn was prepared to work in the open long before convention time. But his critical role will come if, as expected, he mounts the podium at Los Angeles in July 1960 to become, for the fourth time running, permanent convention chairman. Master of floor strategy and impervious to shouts...
Last spring, Crimson hurdler Joel Landau paced the Crimson by winning both the high and low hurdles, and a healthy Landau would be a sure bet to repeat his double triumph against mediocre opposition this year. But Landau has been hobbled all season long by recurrent foot troubles, and his status is in doubt...
...Germany were demilitarized now, if she were treated half as a friend and half as a habitual criminal, the general dissatisfaction and unrest of the inter-war period might repeat itself. A new Hitler is improbable, and Germany is not sufficiently powerful any more to terrorize Europe as it has done twice this century, but conditions would certainly hamper general European peace and stability...
...told him to repeat after her the act of contrition: "0 my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended thee. I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell, but most of all because they offend thee, my God, who art all good and deserving of all my love...
...other mortals. Neither meaningless nor messianic, the two pieces display humor, occasional wit and much technical skill, and under the aegis of the Harvard Dramatic Club, they were well and speedily performed. Anyone who has a special interest in local dramatics should not fail to see them a repeat performance, today...