Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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MUSKIE took himself out of active contention with considerable dignity. The fault, he said, was that he had spread himself too thin, entering every primary, draining his resources. But he had also seemed fuzzy on the issues as he tried to be a consensus candidate, and he was disorganized and indecisive. Most important of all, perhaps, was that the unpredictable 1972 electorate was unmoved, even dissuaded, by Muskie's reliance on the endorsements and the organizations of the regular politicians. So, he said, he would no longer run, but would remain available if a deadlocked convention wanted...
Gallo was sighted at Umbertos Clam House in Manhattan's Little Italy on April 7 by a small-time racketeer who quickly spread the word. Most interested was Carmine ("Sonny Pinto") DeBiase, a soldier in the Mafia clan once headed by the late Vito Genovese. He recruited Phil ("Fat Fungi") Gambino, a distant relative of Carlo's, and two Brooklyn mobsters identified so far only as brothers...
...begins later this month -possibly on a reduced scale-and then be stepped up well before the U.S. elections and continue on into the new year. Certainly there was no letup in the Communist attacks, which by now were taking on a grimly familiar pattern. Each time the thinly spread South Vietnamese forces shifted troops from one location to bolster defenses in another, a weak spot was exposed-and the North Vietnamese pounced...
Harvard's sailing team, spread thin by three major regattas, suffered a disappointing weekend, but its Radcliffe counterpart, now ranked number one in New England, qualified for the Nationals in June...
...Nixon," something like Heil Hitler in reverse. It may not appeal to you, but it is worth adopting and it might be devestating if widely spread. Paul Matteson Harvard...