Word: vigil
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last season, one victory in every four games sustained the faithful at the Polo Grounds as they began the vigil for euphoria of the kind that the Pirates brought to Pittsburgh in 1960. This spring, with the Mets playing almost 500 ball and outdrawing the Yankees, the management is beginning to act like the Yankee management. The Mets might win a pennant sooner this way, but they will lose their true friends, and not even their new escalator-equipped stadium will lure the secure Yankeephiles...
...Vigil. By nightfall five destroyers, two submarines, a frigate and another submarine rescue ship were headed for the spot where Thresher went down. The night searchers found an oil slick. And finally Admiral Anderson came to perhaps the most painful decision of his career. The Navy must begin telling families of the men aboard Thresher that a tragedy may have occurred...
...them skippers of other submarines, manned a battery of phones and began calling the next-of-kin. They read a terse message: "U.S.S. Thresher is overdue, and we are investigating and will keep you informed as we receive information." About a dozen wives came to the base for the vigil, and Navy chaplains sat with them. At 11:30 the men on the phones changed their message: "We have heard no more from Thresher. We hold very little hope for survivors. Official announcement will probably come later from Washington." They kept up the calls until 3:30 Thursday morning...
...week after the overthrow of Iraq's Dictator Abdul Karim Kassem. the crack of rifle fire still echoed in Baghdad's Liberation Square. Tanks and armored cars kept stern vigil at every important intersection. Scurrying everywhere were the little squads of men wearing green armbands-ferrets who sought to find and to crush the last remaining opposition to Rebel President Abdul Salam Aref and his mysterious revolutionary backers...
...hard-pressed President Romulo Betancourt, a liberal who is a dedicated enemy of Castro's, had already started preparing his country for a state of mobilization on the ground that Cuba "stands as a constant threat to our security." He now sent battle dressed marines to stand vigil over the oilfields and put one-half of Venezuela under virtual martial...