Word: valiant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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PROFILES IN COURAGE (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). Senator Thomas Hart Benton's valiant struggle against the extension of slavery in new states...
...time. In fact, Mrs. Luce was twice elected to Congress as a Republican from Connecticut in heavily Democratic years. Her election under the Republican standard and later service as an Eisenhower ambassador to Italy have endeared her to the GOP, and with these credentials she set out upon her valiant election-year attempt to save the party...
...take France out of one alliance without incurring formidable domestic opposition. In the U.N. the American President may feel strong enough to withstand France's efforts on behalf of Peking. Alternatively, if the French campaign makes Chinese admission look inevitable, Johnson may see an excellent opportunity to fight a valiant battle against China while losing conveniently in the end. He could then go before the American people and attribute Chinese presence in the world body not to the realities of world politics but to the obstinacy and egotism of Charles de Gaulle...
...however, a curious phenomenon occurred. Although Stevenson won in every other division of the University, two huge majorities for Eisenhower, 75% in the Business School, and 60% in the Freshman class, put the Republican over the top in the total University vote. The Crimson made a valiant attempt to give it to Stevenson, bringing in Law School totals from a different poll, but the result was accurately declared fraudulent by the Harvard Young Republicans...
...delicate swelling in the rear quarter panel of the car that suggests the outline of a rear fender. G.M.'s square-shaped Corvair has become as rounded as the Karmann-Ghia, and a new curved-roof version of Ford's highly successful Mustang has joined the Valiant Barracuda and the Corvette Sting Ray as the industry's only true fast-backs. Automen have hedged their expensive bets on public acceptance of the new styling by offering most of the nameplates with curved roofing in squared-off, T-Bird roof versions too, but G.M.'s turn toward...