Word: shoulderful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Palace was no place for Republican moderation. The amendments on extremism and nuclear weapons control lost by huge head counts, with shoulder-to-shoulder phalanxes of Goldwater people rising to vote no. And when the long-and relatively listless-debate on civil rights ended, Morton polled each delegation, got a stunning show of Barry's strength: the amendment was beaten 897 to 409. When the delegates trudged out after eight hours, it was 3:30 on the East Coast-and the Goldwaterites' late late show of power had been missed by millions...
...General Lyman Lemnitzer-a degree of authority about nuclear weapons. He carefully explained that he was not talking about long-range, strategic missiles, but rather about the low-yield, tactical weapons around which Western Europe's defense is now built-"ones small enough to be carried on the shoulder, small enough to be launched from aircraft. I'm fearful of the day if it ever comes -and I hope it doesn't-when Russia might attack our bases with these tactical nuclear weapons and we would have to reply with conventional weapons. I would hope that something...
...been attracted by the sound of the crash. He took them to his home, called the police, returned immediately with a pillow and blankets for Teddy. Said Schauer: "When I got to the plane, Senator Kennedy was still there. He was cool as a cucumber. He said he had shoulder and back injuries...
...Light. One day last week, as Tito's chauffeur-driven limousine halted for a traffic light in Panama City, Jimènez leaped from a nearby car, crying, "I won't let you doublecross me!" Jimènez then pumped four bullets into Arias' neck, right shoulder and right side...
...numbers game" system of covering elections, in which networks vied with each other to see who could hire the most poll watchers, reached an apogee of absurdity in the California primary. In small precincts, three "reporters" often found themselves struggling to see over the shoulder of one kind old lady counting votes. It was too silly and needlessly expensive. Last week the three networks and the wire services agreed to set up a joint Network Election Service that will di vide the chores, pool the results, and present the same vote count to a viewer no matter what channel...