Word: winning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...win every such confrontation." Later, he attacked the Johnson Administration for not prosecuting the Viet Nam war more vigorously...
Crackdown on Dissent. If the Soviet leaders do win some respite from international tensions, they will still have their hands full at home. An upsurge of intellectual dissent, of which Novelist Alexander Solzhenitzyn has become the symbol, has prompted a crackdown that is increasingly reminiscent of Stalin's day (see box). The economy is doing well, but not well enough. Last week, as the Supreme Soviet, Russia's parliament, met in the Great Kremlin Palace Congress Hall to consider the 1969 budget, the country's chief planner rattled off an impressive list of economic achievements (1968 income...
...court in the land. Morgan, who was freed last May and now lives in Washington, says that he is "seriously considering" doing just that. Court officers report that there is no reason why a nonlawyer may not plead his own case before the justices. Even if he does not win, Morgan's triumph will no doubt encourage other jailhouse lawyers to hope that they, too, may one day demonstrate their skills before the U.S. Supreme Court...
Lewers vanquished Steve Thomas in the 50-yard free, while Bob Hughes won the 100-yarder in 53.2 Cummins and his opponent, highly-touted Mare Christman, were swimming a close race in the 200-yard breaststroke, but in the last 100 yards Cummins moved away from Christman to win handily...
There were a few bright spots for Brown. Captain Vance Salter coasted to victory in the backstroke event and Cyrus Miller fought Harvard's Kirk Dolby to finally win...