Word: sail
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With the 26 states he won that year-plus a few of the high-population centers-Nixon would sail past the magic number of 270 electoral votes. With that in mind, the G.O.P. planners are thinking of concentrating most of their candidate's energies on only ten of the most populous states. His schedule will be keyed to the evening TV newscasts, and most big events will take place no later than early afternoon, so that the networks will have time to develop their film and write their scripts...
...Tillett, it seems, had received the oil from her lover, a fisherman who had taken it as part of his salvage from an abandoned ship drifting toward Cape Hatteras. And what was the ship? Apparently the Patriot, which had set sail from Charleston, S.C., on Dec. 30, 1812, passed through the British blockade and then vanished. Her most important passenger was Theodosia, daughter of Aaron Burr and wife of South Carolina Governor Joseph Alston...
...Union. Bargaining for a bigger piece of the action this time, they have proposed to run 36 round trips a year to Australia. That would be enough to take a third of the entire Australian trade, worth $31 million. If not allowed into the conference, the Russians threaten to sail outside-at profit-busting rates...
STRANGE NIGHT VOYAGE: THE MERCHANTS OF DREAMS (A & M Records). Peter Pan, Captain Hook, the clock-gulping Croc; Dorothy from Oz and Alice from Wonderland are aboard for this Strange Night Voyage. "Grow young," plead The Merchants. "Stay young while you can." And off these dream vendors sail in a rocking-beat boat to celebrate the joys of childhood fantasies. A solid performance, full of vitality, taste and style, with meticulous, well-wrought orchestration...
...Summer School is conducting a walking tour of Beacon Hill, including a sail on the Charles River, 3 p.m. Wednesday. Get tickets, $3, at 4 Matthews Hall by 5 p.m. Tuesday...