Word: whiffs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Wisconsin was obviously on his mind when Rayburn belittled state primaries. "Never thought much of them," he rasped. And there was a strong whiff of stop-Kennedy in his not-so-chance remarks about Bob Meyner, who has vice-presidential ambitions and 41 New Jersey delegate votes to back them up. As an Easterner and a former Roman Catholic, Meyner could never hope for a spot on Kennedy's ticket, but he might fit nicely into a double bill with Lyndon Johnson. Purred Rayburn: "We're not going around promising anything to anybody. But in my book...
...Communist newspapers played up stories that "many suffered destruction or plunder of their property" after the Indonesian government banned them last January from doing business in rural areas. "In the name of inspection," the Reds charged darkly, "Indonesian officials insulted Chinese girl students." One Communist newspaper imparted a whiff of gunpowder by demanding "compensation" for the 2,500,000 dispossessed Chinese...
...when it got a surprise assist. Russian Captain Nikolai Sologubov, who speaks no English, approached Coach Riley, gestured as if he were gasping, then mimed putting on an oxygen mask. Riley got the hint. He procured an oxygen bottle, gave Bob Cleary and his weary-legged mates a whiff. They promptly rallied for six goals and a 9-4 victory, skated off with the first U.S. gold medal in hockey. When the game was done, the man they mobbed was Goalie Jack McCartan, the sub who had become a star when it counted...