Word: wings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Having thus taken wing, the spectacle seldom falters, for the cameras perform in a virtuoso style that rivals the competitors on the field. Again and again, with slow-motion photography and telescopic lenses that reveal an athlete's face in stunning closeup, the moment of truth is seized; an Italian cyclist, narrowly losing one contest, bursts into tears; the barefoot Bikila Abebe sprints through torchlit Roman streets to win the 26-mile marathon and Ethiopia's first Olympic gold medal; U.S. Decathlon Champion Rafer Johnson consolingly embraces his close friend and runner-up, Taiwan...
...thumping bore. Then President Johnson's rising popularity seemed to make the whole show academic. Ironically, Goldwater gained strength from his party's defeatist attitude. Since no Republican had a chance against Johnson anyhow, the argument went, why not let the party's conservative wing have the nomination it has been demanding for so long...
...Christian Democrats surprised even themselves, increased their share of the votes from 39.5% to 46.2% of the total. The Socialists barely held their own, did noticeably badly in cities, where their main strength supposedly lies, and with new voters. Practically wiped out in the same election: the right-wing All-German Party, which had based its strength on discontented refugees from the East; now integrated into the West German economy, they are discontented no longer, and they massively joined the ranks of the C.D.U. Said a troubled Willy Brandt: "We shall now have to double our efforts...
...were two top functionaries of North Viet Nam's Communist movement, known as Lao Dong, or Workers'Party: First Secretary Le Duan, who won 99.83% and Politburo Member Truong Chinh with 99.81%. Duan, 57, and Chinh, 55, are leaders of the party's pro-Peking wing, and their margins are a measure of the growing challenge by the Peking men to Uncle...
...Tunku aimed his sharpest shots at the Socialists, alleged that they were cooperating with the Indonesian Communist Party; leftist workers have become increasingly militant since the stoppage of trade by Indonesia caused layoffs. But the Tunku also condemned the right-wing, fanatical Moslem groups, who might be receptive to Indonesian arguments because of their distaste for the multiracial, multireligious character of the federation. Pressing hard for a decisive endorsement, the Tunku exploited every appeal. He offered tidy development funds to strategic regions. Two days before elections, the government published a 64-page white paper charging an Indonesian plot to assassinate...