Word: sticked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Image. For Bobby, that took a lot of the appeal out of the project. He had never climbed a mountain before, and as a newly elected member of the Senate, there was the question of whether he shouldn't stick to his business on Capitol Hill. But news of the expedition got out, and now it became a matter of preserving that dare-all Kennedy family image. His wife Ethel explained, with as much insight as humor: "I think he wants to take his mind off the fact that he's not an astronaut...
Such rumbles are expectable, considering the hard, unfamiliar course that Castello Branco is charting for Brazil. What some Brazilians forget is that their lot was far worse under Goulart. The question now is whether Castello Branco can make his reforms stick, and the second year will be the test of that...
...defense is solid and experienced. Captain Fred Gates' combination of stick-handling and speed earned him a spot on the All-Ivy second squad. He and varsity football end Dan Calderwood will be the twin pillars of the most reliable line on the team...
Many of the generals complained bitterly. But Reid had one tough soldier on his side-Brigadier General Elias Wessin y Wessin, 40, the army's tank commander, who holds the unorthodox notion that military men should stick to military pursuits. With Wessin y Wessin's backing, Reid pushed some officers into plush retirement, shipped others to overseas posts or out to the boondocks. Reid himself took over as secretary of the armed forces and sprinkled the army staff with U.S.-trained officers...
...Schwartz didn't think he could make the unadorned illusion stick he should have watched his Figaro. Croog at once completely unbelievable and completely right. Even staring out at the audience with opera glasses a love duet he remained in character...