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Missouri. Democrat Edward V. Long, elected in 1960 to fill out an unexpired term, is contested by wealthy Crosby Kemper, a Republican convert who was an active Democrat as recently as 1960. Towering (6 ft. 7 in.) Candidate Kemper, 35, has waged a strenuous campaign, harping on the theme that Long is a "rubber stamp" for the Administration. So he is-and so he is likely to continue...
Arkansas. In past defenses of his Senate seat, J. William Fulbright merely went through the motions of campaigning. But under the leadership of G.O.P. National Committeeman Winthrop Rockefeller (brother of Nelson), the Republican Party has made a remarkable upsurge in Arkansas, and Fulbright faces a strenuous challenger in Republican Kenneth G. Jones, prosperous orthopedic surgeon who calls himself a "constitutionalist" and proclaims that "liberalism is socialism." Still, it would take a pretty deep plunger to bet against Fulbright...
...Prayer for a Miracle. A zealot who scorned careful preparation, Corti could find no experienced climber to go with him up the Eiger. He had to settle for a good-natured, 44-year-old factory worker, Stefano Longhi, who had never made a strenuous climb. Without so much as glancing at a map of the route, Corti and Longhi impetuously started climbing. Part way up they met two Germans also making the climb and joined forces. Trouble began. One of the Germans developed stomach cramps, and Longhi ran out of breath...
Monroe was a fervent believer in national unity. Shortly after his inauguration he set off on a national tour - a strenuous undertaking in those days - using his enormous personal popularity to help bind the nation
Home tape fans have even organized themselves into clubs (such as World Tape Pals, with more than 5,000 members and local chapters known as "reels") and correspond with each other by tape. Most of them are strenuous collectors of gadgets-head demagnetizers, bulk erasers, splicers-and tend to value a performance in direct ratio to how rare it is. A currently prized item: Pianist Glenn Gould playing Brahms's D Minor Concerto with the New York Philharmonic this spring-and Conductor Leonard Bernstein's speech disclaiming any responsibility for the performance...