Word: winning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...final thought on the rule of law between nations: we will all have to remind ourselves that under this system of law, one will sometimes lose as well as win. But nations can endure and accept an adverse decision rendered by competent and impartial tribunals...
...that his chances of becoming the Democratic presidential candidate next year are all but nil. Last week, though, he was out of Texas for the first time this season on a fast, six-day political tour, looking very much like a candidate who is running hard and expects to win...
Mission to India. In past days, proposals to pool foreign aid have met with congressional insistence that there should be Made-in-U.S.A. labels on all gifts sent abroad in order to win cold-war advantage. And until lately, European nations have talked poor mouth (Italy, for example, likes to bring up its own impoverished south, the Mezzogiorno, as one of the world's underdeveloped regions). Or they have insisted that British spending in the Commonwealth, French aid to its Community, and Belgian assistance to the Congo must be reckoned as each country's contribution to taking...
Although his championship was safe, Brabham decided to try to win the title in style. Burning .rubber, he was in first place and in the last mile of the 218.4-mile race when his Cooper-Climax faltered and stopped, just 500 yds. from the finish line; a leak had emptied his fuel tank. Brabham climbed out of the cockpit and began pushing his 1,000-lb. car home, while the crowd of 15,000 cheered him on. As he pushed his way down the stretch, three cars flashed by to finish, led by his protege, 22-year-old New Zealander...
...After a faltering start, the Baltimore Colts overwhelmed the Los Angeles Rams, 45-26, to win the Western Conference title, will match pro football's best offense against the game's best defense (TIME, Nov. 30) in the play-off later this month with the Eastern Conference's champion New York Giants. ¶ Looking for more batting power, the New York Yankees staged the biggest trade of the off-season by giving up aging (37) Outfielder Hank Bauer, erratic Pitcher Don Larsen (1959 record: 6-7), fumble-thumbed Outfielder Norm Siebern, and Reserve First Baseman Marv Throneberry...