Word: slips
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Although the authorities attempted to maintain the strictest secrecy, some interlocking fragments of the investigation fell into place. One FBI agent allowed that "hundreds" of individuals were being checked. One name that surfaced-apparently because of an FBI slip-was that of Eric Starve Gait, 36, of Birmingham. The FBI put out an advisory to police, requesting that Gait be located though not arrested. When word leaked out in Dade County, the FBI rescinded the request but continued to ask questions at Gait's last known address, a Birmingham rooming house...
...Ford is still recovering from the strike last fall that cost it more than 6% of the market, dropping its share to 19.7% despite recent gains. Fairlanes are running twice as well as in 1967, but Mustangs continue to slip each month. Mercury's Montego is popular, while the sporty Cougar has just managed to match last year's sales level...
ALWAYS eager to join a battle and turn it into a crusade if he can, McGill has never let the battle-field slip away under his feet. In 1938, when he became executive editor of the Constitution, the Atlanta chapter of the KKK staged a protest parade around the Constitution building, denouncing him. Since then, particularly in times of racial tension, he has received a steady stream of obscene phone calls and occasional loads of garbage dumped on his front lawn...
Only a major slip by Kennedy would convince the leaders who control these states to switch to Humphrey. But even RFK admits that he might stumble badly...
Hotchner, 48, is typical of a host of depilated dandies who are discovering that it can be fun to switch images by pasting on mustaches, sideboards* and beards. Sometimes, for the complete transformation, they slip on long-haired, hippie-style wigs as well. Manhattan's Hollywood Joe's Hair Piece Co., one of the nation's leading suppliers of fake facial foliage made from human hair, is now shipping out 2,800 beards, boards and brushes weekly, and orders from the Midwest run second only to those from New York...