Word: tour
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with fairness to satisfy the whims and needs of his fellow Democrats. During his six years as majority whip, Byrd has stayed on the floor through long dreary hours, rounding up Senators for an important vote or delaying action on a bill when a legislator was on a campaign tour, a junket or simply a binge. Byrd's skills have earned him numerous chits, which he has been cashing in for his final assault on the top post...
...American at Providence and played with Satch Sanders on the Celtics as Bill Russell's understudy during the mid 1960s. Already this season, Thompson has served as an assistant coach on the U.S. Olympic team and has taken the Hoyas on a twelve day barnstorming tour of Taiwan...
John Higginson, the lightweight coach who accompanied this year's team, said yesterday, "The team went to see the sights, strictly as a tour, not for the challenge of racing against the Egyptian crews...
...Bill and Mark played well," Havens said yesterday afternoon, his tour of the Big Apple complete. "I played alright, and had a good win against Callahan (Havens rebounded from a 2-0 deficit), but basically this tournament is instructive...
...foreign nationals working in their own countries (84 of them). Among recent staff recruits is Ralph Drollinger, a 7-ft. 2-in. basketball center from U.C.L.A., who passed up pro bids to join the crusade's Athletes in Action. It has seven teams in various sports on tour, sandwiching half-time preachings into their exhibition games...