Word: safari
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...Johnson over Richard Nixon in the general election; later at Racine, he mused aloud that, if eliminated himself he might be neutral next fall. "I have a commitment," McCarthy cracked, "as chairman of the [Senate] subcommittee on Africa that I might honor at the time with a last great safari...
...reasons for its success lie in Disney's own unfettered animal spirits, his ability to be childlike without being childish. In his Jungle safari, he obviously aimed for the below-twelve market by stuffing his scenario with pratfalls and puffing it with the kind of primitive tunes that can be whistled through the gap left by a missing front tooth...
GREAT EXPLORATIONS: THE TRAIL OF STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). John Glenn and a 33-man safari trek 1,000 miles through Africa to re-create Journalist Henry Stanley's search for Dr. David Livingstone 100 years...
...hopping 22,600 miles to nine African capitals in eleven days is a junket to curdle the courage of the strong. But Hubert H. Humphrey possesses a special brand of fortitude. Last week, as his vice-presidential safari winged wearily across Africa from mishap to minor disaster, the indefatigable Humphrey averaged less than four hours' sleep a night and, seemingly impervious to a steam-heated climate, came up triumphantly talking at each stop. Africans heard his voice even as he flew overhead in Air Force Two. To soothe nations miffed because they were left out of his tour, Humphrey...
...membership fee that provides more than a quarter of the $2,400,000 budget. Another $200,000 to $300,000 comes from a wild annual public sale that in the past has attracted Auctioneers Ronald Reagan, Willie Mays and Bishop James Pike to gavel down such items as a safari to Africa and neckties made from bed sheets on which the Beatles slept...