Word: ticket
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...week: "I now instruct the secretary to cast my ballot as soon as a majority vote is cast for one candidate-for that same candidate." When the 30th Goldwater vote was registered, Percy-knowing that his chances of winning in November may be seriously hurt by a Goldwater presidential ticket-went on record for Barry...
...horse field after the first two furlongs, then easily swept into the lead with a furlong-and-a-half to go. The $149,730 victory brought Santa's winnings to $376,423 this year-and meant a present of $140,000 to each of 24 lucky ticket holders in the worldwide Irish Sweepstakes lottery. >Milton Ernstof's Burgoo: the Newport-Bermuda yacht race, over 142 of the world's fastest racing yachts-biggest field in the event's 58-year history. A Class E, 38-ft. fiber-glass yawl, one of the smallest boats...
Tourists & Tinsel. Business generates itself. To demonstrate West Berlin's viability, the West German government encourages festivals and scientific seminars there; and to stimulate travel, it pays the airline subsidies up to 30% on each ticket. West Berlin businessmen, doing 80% of their business outside the city, shuttle continuously by air to West Germany. For foreign tourists in Germany, the Berlin Wall has become a sightseeing must. Pan Am, flying 15 older DC-6Bs that are more economical than Air France's Caravelles or BEA's Viscounts, profits handsomely on yearly revenues of around $15 million...
...have "wanted to" for a number of reasons, the most obvious and least likely being a desire for the vice-Presidential nomination. As an old and potent Senator it is highly improbable that he wants to trade his seat as Minority Leader for the second spot on the ticket. (Analogies between him and Lyndon Johnson must be tempered by the fact that Johnson was 52 when he became Vice-President, Dirksen...
...presidential candidate favored by a majority of the Illinois delegation. As of now, Goldwater holds that majority, and Percy has every intention of keeping his word. But he is suspect to the Goldwaterites because of his well-known belief that putting the Arizona Senator at the top of the ticket would seriously hurt the chances of all Illinois Republican state candidates, including Percy...