Word: wowing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...GEORGE ROMNEY was a wow on the convention rostrum but is a most unhappy soul in the Goldwater-dominated Republican Party; he plans to disassociate himself from Goldwater in his race for re-election as Governor of Michigan this year, and he could have a hard time winning. But if he does win while Barry loses, watch Romney...
...Derby, with Northern Dancer, owned by Canadian Beer Baron E. P. Taylor, and ridden by-guess who?-Willie Shoemaker. The richest Canadian-bred race horse in history, with $261,365 already in the till, Northern Dancer won this month's 1½-mile Florida Derby handily enough to wow the chart callers. But if Shoemaker never said it in so many words, he hinted that the 1½-mile Kentucky Derby might be more than Northern Dancer could handle. "I like Northern Dancer's gameness, and I think he had a little bit left...
Yesirree, a fine fire. Beautiful. Wow! There goes another chimney! Careful everyone--stand back. Watch out for the flying balcony! Good thing the new one will be made out of cement blocks and steel girders...
...couple of lilting serenades, Ciumachella and Roma. By U.S. standards, the dance numbers are unsophisticated, but one carnival scene with masks and harle quins manages to echo commedia dell'arte. Rugantino's appeal is that it is smilingly content to woo an audience rather than wow...
...Yalies swarmed on the field when the gun announced that Harvard was officially dead and the Ivy League title was the joint property of Dartmouth and Princeton. As the Crimson left, the large hollowed-out mole-hill that is the Bowl resounded with the primitive cry, "Bulldog, Bulldog, Bow Wow Wow!" A 'Cliffle said it was too cold to cry.LEFT; YALE'S BILL HENDERSON (40) RUNS INTO CRIMSON OPPOSITION DURING THE SECOND PERIOD, AS JOHN DOCKERY (44), JACK NEUENSCHWANDER (70), AND RICK BEIZER (26) CONVERGE ON THE ELI HALFBACK. HENDERSON'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ELI VICTORY WAS MORE THAN CONSIDERABLE...