Word: winner
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...take strong positions on political issues. They are free to disagree with him and among themselves. In the 1962 Ohio gubernatorial campaign, the Beacon Journal supported Democratic Candidate Michael Di Salle. Editor Maidenburg, who dissented, was permitted to run his own signed editorials backing Republican James Rhodes, the eventual winner...
Died. Craig Wood, 66, winner of both the U.S. Open and Masters golf tournaments in 1941; of a heart attack; in Palm Beach, Fla. Called "the Blond Bomber" for his tremendous drives, Wood, who turned pro in the mid-'20s,' finished second, time after time, in the game's biggest tournaments. In 1941, he finally made it, defeating Byron Nelson for the Masters title; two months later, he beat Denny Shute to win the Open, a feat that earned him a place in golf's Hall of Fame...
...film's simplistic ironies could have weighed the production down. But they have been lightened with lean, clean performances and shot with Godard's customary breakneck style. Les Carabiniers does indeed rest upon a worn metaphor: in a war, winner takes nothing. If the old saw works this time, it is because Godard has placed it in the context of something as timeless as a folk tale...
Last year's winner was Bob Corris, a three-year champion in the breaststroke and individual medley on Harvard's swimming team...
...Dancer's Image were human he would have spent the two weeks between the Derby and tomorrow's Preakness plotting his revenge, just waiting for the chance to meet Forward Pass--now the official Derby winner -- again and set the record straight. If the Dancer does win tomorrow down in Maryland it will be the most popular victory in the 93-year history of this middle leg of the Triple Crown--popular in Massachusetts where he is owned, and popular in Maryland where he was sired by the great Native Dancer...