Word: winners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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While memories of Miami Beach faded like a vacation tan, Rich ard Nixon and his staff spent most of their time last week ministering to G.O.P. moderates, who still smarted at the winner's choice of Spiro Agnew as No. 2 man on the ticket. On the surface, at least, Nixon's efforts seemed remarkably successful. There was plenty of lingering bitterness, particularly in the Rockefeller camp, and some veteran Republicans even muttered that they would rather vote Democratic or not at all than vote for Nixon. But in general, and certainly with the professionals, party unity remained...
...support from the rest of the world. Britain naturally supported its Commonwealth partner. The rest of Europe and even Soviet Russia (seeing a chance to gain a new foothold in Africa by backing the likely winner) were soon providing Nigerian military commanders with every kind of weapon they wanted. Automatic rifles and endless rounds of ammunition, heavy artillery, mortars, rockets, grenade launchers, antiaircraft guns, Czechoslovak Delfin jets, Russian MIGs and Ilyushin 11-28 bombers?Nigeria ordered and got them all. The result was an unhappy precedent for Africa: the Nigerian conflict became the first African bush war fought with modern...
...when other airlines were launching bright new advertising campaigns, decided to throw its $18 million-a-year account up for grabs. Eight top agencies, including Foote, Cone & fielding, TWA's shop since 1956, spent months of work and more than $1,000,000 to land the business. The winner? None other than Foote, Cone, which won the day with a campaign built around TWA's current "Up, up and away" theme...
Rockefeller was on the phone with congratulations to the winner almost immediately, finally ending his $6 million, 100-day campaign. While friendly enough, the three-minute conversation was somewhat stilted. "Your daughters looked nice on TV," Rocky told Nixon. The winner expressed hope that the two could get together soon. Rockefeller did not disagree but noted that after the convention, he was going to the family estate at Seal Harbor, Maine. "I'm off to California," replied Nixon. The conversation ended on that high note. The next night Rockefeller appeared on the platform in person to offer congratulations. Unlike...
...lashed 899 hits in five seasons to establish himself as one of the most dangerous hitters in the game, hiked his salary to $57,000 after a spring holdout. That is not nearly enough. "I'm going to be the first player who is not a 20-game winner or a home-run hitter to make $100,000 a year," he insists...