Word: wings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...addressing rallies, he discusses the campaign with small crowds in a subdued homey manner. In these little talks, the ex-song-and-dance man dispels the more frivolous connotations of his past by recounting his efforts to rid the entertainment industry of communist influences. His long association with right-wing crusades has garnered Murphy support from the Goldwater wing of the party, which includes most of the GOP's fundraisers and nearly all of its grassroots workers. Conversely, though he endorse Goldwater, Murphy has endeared himself to the party's foundering moderate wing by praising the new Civil Rights...
...political effects, the story was splashed atop front pages all over the country. Ironically, the man around whom the storm swirled had been the most self-effacing, quiet and publicity-shy member of Johnson's White House team. Quartered in Sherman Adams' old office in the southwest wing of the White House, he was the mysterious, slightly-out-of-focus fellow who seldom had his picture taken or got in the papers but who knew everything that was going on. A whiz at shorthand, he sat in on meetings of the Cabinet, on breakfasts with congressional leaders...
With less than six minutes remaining in the contest, spectators were beginning to fear that the Crimson would be held to its second straight scoreless tie. But at 16:32 Crimson inside Fred Akuffo took a pass in the right corner from wing. Akin Adewole and lofted a perfect centering kick over the hands of the Cornell goalie, off the left goal post, and into...
...Goldwater's candidacy [Oct. 9] was contained in a sermon as rabbi of Temple B'Nai Abraham, and not as president of the American Jewish Congress, which is a nonpartisan organization. The fact that Senator Goldwater has seen fit not to repudiate the support of ultra-right-wing extremist groups, for example, seems to me a matter of profound concern. I considered it my duty as rabbi to speak out on these dangers. Some of the letters I have received as a reaction to my sermon, containing the most vitriolic and anti-Semitic attacks I have ever seen...
Berlin's Six Days dates back to 1909. By the early 1930s, the races were often rigged, and they attracted the booted whores and gaudy gangsters who gave Berlin its cynical, sinful aura. Left-wing Playwright Georg Kaiser described the Sportpalast scene in those days: "Inhibition has gone to hell. Cutaways shake. Shirts tear. Buttons pop in all directions. Differences flow away. Nakedness where there used to be disguise: passion. It's worth it-this brings profits...