Word: snuffs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...north wall of der Eiger is still one of the great climbs in the world-17 men have died there since 1935. But not until this month did any climbers dare tackle the north wall in the winter, when the storms that swirl down from the peaks can snuff out a party in one capricious attack...
Although star lineman Hardy Will and captain Mike Pyle has not been quite up to snuff thus far, quarterback Tom Singleton and fullback Bob Blanchard have kept Yale in the winning column...
...become so big, the PX has changed greatly since its founding 65 years ago to sell horse blankets and snuff. From the raggle-taggle mobile units and Quonset huts that most G.I.s remember at the end of World War II, the PX system has moved into fancier quarters, now includes shopping centers the size of a city block. They are designed to meet the needs of the new-style serviceman and his family. Eighty-seven percent of all officers and some 50% of all enlisted men are married, with an average of two children. Says the wife of a sergeant...
...moved their minds and stirred their hearts ... Do not leave this prophet without honor in his own party. Do not reject this man." With that, the hall exploded into the fiercest demonstration of the week. From his command post, Bobby Kennedy set out to snuff out Stevenson flickers in wavering delegations. But it did not take long to discover that the delegates themselves were largely unmoved, and that the Stevenson revival was largely a mirage. Bobby phoned Jack. "It's O.K.," he said. "We're in." The roll call told the story. As each delegation registered its declaration...
Born. To Marguerite Piazza, 34. onetime Metropolitan Opera nightingale turned supper-club thrush, and William James Condon, 49, a Tennessee snuff-company executive: their third child (ber fifth), second daughter; in Memphis...