Word: clocking
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...game was in the bag for only a short time, however, the Bruins' quarterback John Erickson, with one eye on the clock, took to the air after the Crimson kickoff. Desparately going for the long one on the Crimson 40- yard line, Erickson hit halfback Tom Draper on third down, and Draper ran the remaining distance for the backbreaking TD. Draper ran for the two extra points, upping the score...
...Paulo's city council. He has come out ahead in every election since-state deputy, mayor of São Paulo city (the Chicago of Brazil), governor of São Paulo state. On the stump, he emphasized the fact that he worked around the clock by letting his beard go three days without a shave. Once in office, he built a reputation for honesty and efficiency. "Liberty," as he put it, "is not a permanent concession but a daily battle...
...alarm clock went off, rousing the bedroom's two occupants: William Fife Knowland. a retired politician, and Alice, a Saint Bernard who at 165 lbs. weighs just 60 less than her dieting master. After showering, shaving and dressing. Bill Knowland went downstairs for coffee with Paul Manolis, 32, his assistant, who lives a mile away. Then the two men set out on the fourmile. 55-minute walk from the Knowland home in suburban Piedmont to downtown Oakland, Calif., where former U.S. Senate Republican Leader Bill Knowland now makes a living as editor of the Oakland evening Tribune (circ...
...wrapped in tissue paper and locked away in a drawer. Boyd and Alma, who have now become "permanently and very old, their correct age." sit in the dark staring out at the quiet of a summer evening that holds the scent of azaleas and the sound of the courthouse clock striking the hour. In his previous books, Color of Darkness and Malcolm, Ohio-born James Purdy, 37, dealt with nightmare subjects in a complex, brooding style that often baffled readers. This time, in the manner of a futurist painter determined to show doubters he can be a master of realistic...
...Jersey: The big city Democratic machines are well organized, well heeled, well manned-and working round the clock to register new voters. Their speakers use the religion issue to stimulate the sympathy of the state's Catholics (39%), as well as the many Jews and Negroes, who are sensitive to bias and bigotry. (Said Congressman Frank Thompson Jr., leader of the Democrats' nationwide voter-registration drive, in a speech at a Levittown luncheon fortnight ago: "If they get a Catholic this time, they'll get a Jew the next time, then a Negro.") Khrushchev helps the Republicans...