Word: winner
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...only other Easterner besides Carter to break the domination of Western skiers in these two events was third place winner John Morton of Middlebury College in Vermont...
...freshman dorms in the Yard read "RFK for President--McCarthy for Sec. of State." Silly as it was, it indicated a number of things. First, most of the students who are against the war and have hitherto supported McCarthy will now flock to the sure winner, the only man who can get us out of the mess. Second, it showed that we have come to realize how important the office of Secretary of State is, that it dwarfs the Vice-presidency. And third, it revealed a naivete about what things will be like once Bobby is in office. The Secretary...
...winner, a protégé of John Bell Williams, who switched his Washington seat for the Governor's mansion, was conservative Charles Griffin, 41, and he carefully avoided the race issue. Avoiding the campaign as well, Griffin stayed home with a case of diplomatic flu while Evers' forces staged a get-out-the-vote campaign that resulted in a record turnout for a special election. Evers picked up 10,000 votes from his ticket-topping pace total in the primary. But Griffin got the rest and swamped Evers...
...regular Democratic primary contest in June. If Evers is a candidate again, he once more has a chance to overcome a splintered white ticket. Or he may avoid the Democratic primary by qualifying himself as an independent and go into a three-man November general election against the Democratic winner and a traditionally feckless Republican. At week's end Evers supporters were planning a drive to register 25,000 more Negro voters, which would give them a total of 98,000 as against 125,000 registered whites...
...with the uncanny accuracy of his approaches and putts, and last month he tied Arnold Palmer for first place at the $100,000 Bob Hope Desert Classic in California-only to finish second after a sudden-death playoff. "Deane will be around a lot longer than I will," sighed Winner Palmer, "and he's going to win a lot of tournaments before he's through...