Word: talled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Tall Order. All the same, the Administration did not lack critics. One of the more oblique was U.N. Secretary-General U Thant, who suavely implied that Washington might make a major concession to Hanoi by guaranteeing the Viet Cong representation in the postwar government of South Viet Nam. "If the parties were to make concrete proposals on this issue," said Thant, "I think a refusal to negotiate would be difficult to justify." That was a pretty tall order, considering that the U.S. has refused to negotiate directly with the Viet Cong on the grounds that the war is being directed...
...Senator Paul H. Douglas of Illinois, 73, one of the most liberal of Democrats and a onetime economics professor at the University of Chicago, set out last week to try to teach a former student a postgraduate lesson, this time in political science. The tall, shambling Marine Corps veteran of Peleliu and Okinawa announced that he would run for a fourth term "if the Democratic Party wants me." There was little doubt that it would. His only announced Republican rival is Charles Percy, 46, the Bell & Howell board chairman who failed in a try for the governorship in 1964. Douglas...
...children, he delights in kissing babies, is a stem-winding orator who always comes out strong on the side of social reform. - Fernando Maria Castiella, 58, Foreign Minister. Tall and scholarly, Castiella is a progressive Catholic and perhaps the Cabinet's most consistent defender of greater political freedom...
...there seemed to be no way to keep Philadelphia's Wilt Chamberlain from winning the Ford-although he needed it less than anybody else, since he owns a $24,000 Bentley-and can't get into a Volkswagen. At 7 ft. 2 in., Chamberlain was just too tall and talented to avoid scoring 21 points. Auerbach finally got lucky when, with the East leading 29-12, he sent in Cincinnati's Adrian Smith, the last player named to the ten-man East squad...
...Green's starting lineup contains no outstanding players, but the quintet is fairly tall and well-balanced. Dartmouth's leading scorer is 6.5 Pete Dunlop, who is averaging 14 points per game. Their other forward is 6-4 Chris Kinum, with an 11-point average. The guards are 6-1 Bill Engster (6.8) and 6-2 Joe Colgan (4.7). Dartmouth's center, 6-7 Gunnar Malm, has the best name in the Ivy League and a 12.7 average. HARVARD SCORING FG FT Pts. Ave. Sedlacek 119 60 298 21.2 Dressler 86 38 210 15.0 Williams 54 47 155 11.0 Neville...