Word: whirlwinding
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...everyone else, the engagement may have seemed whirlwind, but Peter Sellers, 38, has been searching for six months-ever since his favorite clairvoyant said he would marry a girl with the initials B.E. Then he spotted Swedish Starlet Britt Elclund, 21, who was showing clairvoyance herself by checking into the Dorchester in London, right where Peter was staying. Before anyone could say "Love that Bomb," Peter had invited her in "for a friendly drinkie." After that it was 16 days of soft-Sellers-"Restaurants and little corners, I'm good at those"-before she flew off to Manhattan...
Trying to find the results of Attorney General Robert Kennedy's whirlwind peacemaking trip through Southeast Asia last week Was like playing the old shell game: now you saw it, now you didn...
...were as common as chitlins and ham hocks. As it happened, Bull Connor was running for mayor against a relative moderate, Albert Boutwell. To avoid giving campaign fuel to Connor, King waited until after the April 2 election. Between Jan. 16 and March 29, he launched himself into a whirlwind speaking tour, made 28 speeches in 16 cities across the nation...
...relief was short-lived: Johnson was nominated for the vice-presidency. Fortified with a cram course in public speaking, Lady Bird set off on a whirlwind campaign tour, made scores of appearances, got a modest share of the credit when Texas went Democratic...
...Peck's Bad Boy of tennis, for once kept his temper under control, beat Krishnan at his own sandy game, with short volleys and dinky drop shots that won in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1, 13-11. Texas' Chuck McKinley, mounting the same kind of whirlwind attack that earned him the Wimbledon championship, needed only 72 minutes to dispose of India's Permjit Lall, 6-4, 6-3, 6-0. Ralston and McKinley then won the doubles to give the U.S. a 3-0 lead and turn the last two singles matches into a meaningless exhibition...