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Word: runners (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Front Runner Caldera, who at 52 had made three previously unsuccessful attempts to become President, was a forceful contender in his own right. He began planning his campaign two years ago, and assembled a cadre of 15,000 field workers, who reported weekly. Caldera appealed to poorer voters who had previously voted the white card by promising more aid to them. In the end, however, his big vote came from the middle class-and from young new voters. The Green Giant's militant youth organizers, called Green Berets, wooed voters who had turned 18 since the last election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Venezuela: The Jolly Green Giant | 12/13/1968 | See Source »

...Nordic team should be vastly improved by the addition of three outstanding sophomores--Jim Platz, John Boyle, and Chris Ferner. Ferner, who captured the Oslo (Norway) Combined Nordic Championship in 1966, is regarded by Friedman as possibly the finest runner and jumper among U.S. collegiate competitors...

Author: By Patrick J. Hindert, | Title: Injuries Threaten Varsity Skiers In Bid for Eastern Championship | 12/13/1968 | See Source »

...other nations, even the U.S. and other western European nations. True, the wage increases conceded last spring had triggered an eleven per cent increase in prices that would certainly affect France's balance of payments. But it was far from obvious that it would plunge France, consistently a surplus-runner, into a balance of payments deficit...

Author: By Jerald R. Gerst, | Title: Franc Talk | 12/10/1968 | See Source »

Yellow Submarine--A good cartoon about the Beatles not to be confused either with The Road Runner or Joyce's Ulysses. The drawing leans overly on contemporary advertising art, but the 85 minutes are provocative and occasionally moving. At the BEACON HILL, Tremont between Beacon St. & ovt. Center (227-6676).PANTAGLEIZE? Dunster Drama. Revolution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Movies and Plays This Weekend | 12/6/1968 | See Source »

...strong point for Harvard was, as expected, the diving competition. Standout Bill Murphy coasted to an easy victory in the one meter diving, racking up 249.7 points to outdistance runner-up teammate Dick Eisenberg by 70 points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimming Team Sinks Springfield | 12/4/1968 | See Source »

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