Word: stubbornly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stubborn Democratic battle that Humphrey watched in a 14th-floor hotel suite was in no small measure a tribute to his rare amalgam of warmth, courage, do-gooding liberalism and practical politics. "Hubert is not a gut fighter," Lyndon Johnson, an expert judge of the breed, carped in 1960. Yet Humphrey could hit hard and often-as he did in the closing weeks of the 1968 campaign. Despite his revilement by dis. sident Democrats, there is no reason why Humphrey should not remain a major figure in the Democratic Party. Still, his defeat marks an exit-the exit...
...been regarded as one of the most brilliant tacticians in the game. After nine years as a small-college coach (Morningside in Iowa, Whittier in California), he served for eight years as an assistant to Head Coach George Halas of the Chicago Bears and was the architect of a stubborn defense that carried the Bears to the N.F.L. title in 1963; after the championship playoff, the Chicago players presented him with the game ball. Halas himself thought so much of Allen that he brought suit in an attempt to stop George from going to the Rams in 1966. It took...
...rushed to the hospital last month for an emergency appendectomy, while winless Philadelphia's Norm Snead, trying to make a tackle after an interception, turned sharply and broke his ankle in a preseason game against the Detroit Lions. Baltimore has had to rely on a stubborn defense and second-string Signal Caller Earl Morrall ever since Johnny Unitas, the N.F.L.'s Most Valuable Player last year, "felt something pop" during a preseason exhibition against Dallas. That something turned out to be his elbow joint. Johnny U. has made only one abortive appearance thus far; he completed...
...could not strike a bar gain with Citroën he would look elsewhere-perhaps toward West Germany's Volkswagen. Such a combine might so overwhelm France's entire auto industry that it would crumble within a few years. Not even Charles de Gaulle is stubborn enough to want that...
Leverett's undefeated touch football team rallied for three second-half touchdowns to overcome a stubborn Lowell House team, 25-19, last Wednesday and retain its first place tie with Quincy...