Word: token
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...field men, led by weight thrower Art Doten and shotputter Olney Croasdale, can pick up a commanding lead in the G.B.I. tonight, McCurdy might possibly leave behind a few key runners to bid for the meet championship tomorrow afternoon. Without a big lead, though, only a "token squad" will remain...
Expecting at least a token condemnation of Chinese aggression from its old neutralist cronies, India was, to say the least, disappointed. In New Delhi, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru received Mrs. Bandaranaike coolly after her ten-day sojourn in China, but did not reject her proposals outright. Nehru still hopes to gain time to build up his shattered armed forces. Too much delay, however, could try China's patience; still scratched on many buildings in the Himalayas is the ominous warning left by Chinese troops as they withdrew after last month's ceasefire: "We may have to return...
...British raj, which once controlled India's northwest frontier province of Kashmir, exacted a token annual tribute of two Kashmiri shawls and three handkerchiefs from the maharajah. Never since has the price of peace been as small. In the years after independence in 1947 split the Indian subcontinent into the sovereign states of India and Pakistan, the two nations have paid with strife and bloodshed to establish their conflicting claims over the disputed region. Last week, after 15 years of bitter wrangling, Indian and Pakistani delegates finally met in the Pakistan capital of Rawalpindi to seek a solution...
Tiger halfbacks often offered only token opposition to the Crimson press: Tiger passing was sloppy, its offense impotent. ("We're not as bad as we look," said the Princeton coach.) When the Tiger line managed to blunder through Harvard halfbacks Emmanual Boye, Fred Churchill, and Larry Coburn. Crimson fullback Lou Williams consistently blasted the ball 30 yards upfield to the Harvard line. With Williams and Terry Winslow clearing loose balls, goalie Wally Whitney had to make only one desperate save. He threw himself at a hard shot to the corner of the goal and batted the ball down for Williams...
...Democratic incumbents, Rep. John J. Campbell and Rep. John Sennott, re-election may not be as easy as in many previous contests, because this year Campbell and Sennott face more than token opposition...