Word: thirdly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...many cattle." Now, surveying the depleted Democratic herd, Humphrey takes every opportunity to excoriate Wallace as "the apostle of fear and racism." Richard Nixon has been saying for weeks that Wallace had "peaked" and would soon go downhill. Recently, however, he has found cause to attack Wallace and the "third-party kick" directly. "Do you want to make a point, or do you want to make a change?" he asked a crowd in Flint, Mich., last week. "Do you want a moment's satisfaction, or do you want to get four years of action...
...contrast, found cause for cheer in the polls. A Harris sampling asking which candidate would inspire the most confidence as President gave Nixon 40%, Humphrey 28%, Wallace 14%. Surveys by the New York Times and the Christian Science Monitor showed Nixon the easy winner, with Wallace second and Humphrey third in probable electoral votes. When he heard the tally of the latest Gallup poll (Nixon 44%, Humphrey 29%, Wallace 20%), the Republican candidate bounded to the back of his campaign plane for an ebullient chat with reporters, felt so uncharacteristically talkative that he returned twice more during the flight...
...wonder is that McGovern, 46, was so far ahead to begin with. He is only the third Democratic Senator in South Dakota's 79-year history. Only 38% of the voters are registered Democrats McGovern's demands for a softer line on the Viet Nam war ran directly counter to local sentiment; Army recruiters credit South Dakotans with one of the highest volunteer records...
...sprightly wife Eleanor added her weight-all 91 lbs. of it. Though McGovern has made peace, of sorts, with Hubert Humphrey, he is not anxious to identify himself as a Democrat, his billboards identify him simply as a "Courageous Prairie Statesman." With a stake of nearly $100,000, two-thirds of it raised at a single fund-raising dinner featuring Ted Kennedy. McGovern is investing almost a third of his budget in a door-to-door canvass to woo back the voters he needs. A skillful debater, he put another third of his funds into newspaper and television...
Trying Hard. The speed and scope of the allied response underlined the crucial importance of keeping the Long Tau open. Though airlift supply has achieved remarkable results, 98% of all allied war matériel still enters Viet Nam by sea, and a third of this total is unloaded at Saigon by ships that must run the Long Tau gauntlet...