Word: strengthing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...significance of Indiana, from Kennedy's viewpoint, was not that it demonstrated overwhelming strength or that it promised victory at the Chicago convention; it did neither. Rather, it demonstrated his survival power in hostile territory. Uncommitted party leaders in such large states as Illinois and Michigan, regardless of their personal feelings toward Kennedy, must respect a candidate who fights hard and pulls well in urban areas. Those who might have been tempted to come out soon for Humphrey now have an excuse to wait and see. Indiana also gave Kennedy a nudge in the right direction for this week...
Crew wasn't the only sport in which Winthrop showed its strength. After jumping off to a slow start in tackle football with a tie for third, the Puritans whipped off firsts in touch football, wrestling combined basketball, and swimming...
Kennedy's strength appeared to be coming from all sections of the state, in the rural areas as well as in the cities. In the 77 counties that reported returns, he was leading in 66. In three key Negro districts in Omaha, Kennedy ran up 282 votes to McCarthy's 12. The Vote 50 per cent tabulated Kennedy 38,486 53% McCarthy 22,442 31% Humphrey 7,102 10% Johnson 4,089 6% Nixon 56,575 69% Reagan 18,826 23% Rockefeller...
...attention was--and is--focused on the war in Vietnam, the Presidential campaign in the United States, and student revolt practically everywhere, a group of unremarkable men were gathered in Stockholm to engineer what may be a remarkable feat. They were delegates from the nations whose combined economic strength holds the International Monetary Fund together, and they were assembled to put the finishing touches on an economic device that could lead to an effective world government...
Harvard nudged Yale, 79-75, in the May 4 dual meet, on the strength of outstanding performances by Jim Baker, Steve Schoonover, and Roy Shaw. Baker and Shaw set meet and Harvard Stadium records in the two-mile and 880 respectively, while Schoonover became New England's first collegiate 16-foot pole vaulter...