Word: sam
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...therefore tried to increase the committee membership to 15 by adding three Congressmen, including two who would support the New Frontier legislative program. The House approved the plan by a vote of 217 to 212, but only after a savage battle in which the great influence of then-Speaker Sam Rayburn was the deciding factor...
...Sam Howe, the number three ranked player in the nation, the Elis seem to constitute the only obstacle between the Crimson and a second consecutive Ivy League championship...
...Force decisions in 1959, when there were widespread charges that an unfavorable missile gap did indeed exist. Although the speedup seemed "absolutely impossible" to Air Force brass, it was accomplished mainly by the drive, patience, and, as one colleague puts it, the "damn genius" of Brigadier General Sam Phillips, Minuteman program director and, at 41, one of the youngest generals in the Air Force...
...ideas, a mixture of corn and stabbing truth that often is close to surrealism. He has done a beautiful silver sculpture of an old lady's hand, which he placed in a fading plush box and gave the title Tradition. There is a dumpy dwarf called Uncle Sam, and an extraordinarily graceful Man with a Kite. Durchanek has also done a robust George Washington, who gazes in bewilderment at a large falcon chained to his wrist. This, he explains, is the way Washington might react if he came back to America today. "I wonder what he would...
...loss. Again and again, the charging Lions made him eat the ball, eight times in the first half alone for a net loss of 79 yds. Gigantic (6 ft. 5 in., 300 lbs.) Defensive Tackle Roger Brown hit Starr so hard that Starr fumbled into the end zone, and Sam Williams recovered for a third Detroit touchdown. Moments later, Brown tackled Starr in his own end zone for a 2-point safety. Nor was Starr the only victim. Ordinarily, the Packers can count on big chunks of yardage from rough, tough Fullback Jim Taylor, top ground gainer in the N.F.L...