Word: commandingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cool Command. So far, Nixon has rejected the bait. He is consciously playing the statesman, in cool command of his passions and his party. He is aware that controversial stands would endanger one flank of support or the other. So far, he has succeeded in holding the liberal Republicans who opposed him for the nomination. He is more worried about the other flank. To prevent wholesale defections of Republicans and disgruntled Democrats to Wallace, he has, consequently, adopted a "yes, but" attitude. He is for the non-proliferation treaty, but against ratification just now?a position that could...
...found ample justification for the pessimism that pervades the Humphrey camp. Were the election to be held now, Nixon would win handily, capturing 34 states with 328 electoral votes (needed to win: 270). Hubert Humphrey, by contrast, can be conceded only ten states, plus the capital, all of which command 121 votes. Four Deep South states, with 39 votes, belong to George Wallace, while Michigan and Pennsylvania, with 50 between them, are rated tossups. Humphrey is so far behind in the backstretch of this presidential race that he is running third in half a dozen states...
...short time later, Ware was given one of the Army's most coveted combat assignments: the command of the famed 1st Infantry Division. A shrewd and sure tactician, he improved the Big Red One's ability to fight at night and to pursue the enemy in running battles. Just such a running skirmish erupted last week when a Big Red One brigade met the Viet Cong near the town of Loc Ninh, 75 miles north of Saigon. Ware, who made it a practice to be with his troops in combat, rushed to the battle in his helicopter...
...permafrost, and danced with an Eskimo go-go girl. During a recent visit to Montreal, he spent an evening clinking glasses at Man and His World, this year's version of Expo. On a jaunt to see Romeo and Juliet at Stratford, Ont., he was able to command the Prime Minister's private railway car and, naturally, a backstage visit with Juliet: 24-year-old Actress Louise Marleau...
...Overhaul. Last week, as they took command of the barnacled party machinery, Humphrey and O'Brien moved quickly to discard some of the Pedernales Mafia. John Criswell, an L.B.J. subaltern who antagonized many delegates with the stringent security rules he imposed as manager of the Chicago convention, resigned as treasurer of the National Committee, along with 16 other members. The 72-member committee staff will be more than doubled, with most of the new workers coming from the Vice President's campaign staff...