Word: contest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Until the end, the rivals zigzagged across the country, concentrating on the largest states. They traveled so fast and talked so heatedly that they finally almost overshadowed the Wallace campaign, giving the race the aura of a tight, old-fashioned two-man contest. Yet the oddities that have marked the campaign's course continued to show up regularly. Humphrey, long tormented by his low marks among college students but helped by the leadership of organized labor, got a far better reception from kids at Malone College in Canton, Ohio, than among the steelworkers in western Pennsylvania. Though still...
Ernest Hollings, elected in 1966 to fill an unexpired term, easily defeated his lack-luster Republican opponent in the Senatorial contest. In the Presidential race, Strom Thurmond delivered South Carolina's eight electoral votes to Nixon, with Wallace and Humphrey picking up about 30 per cent each...
...upset contest in Rhode Island, Democrat Frank Licht defeated incumbent GOP Gov. John H. Chafee, Democratic attorney general Forrest Anderson was leading another incumbent Republican governor, Tim M. Babcock, in Montana...
Today's Quincy-Leverett touch football contest and Thursday's Eliot-Leverett soccer game highlight this week's activity. Leverett still leads overall with 27 points to Eliot's 23, while sports experts continue to express shock over Winthrop's dismal showing and extreme disapproval of Adams' first-place standing in tackle football. Standings TACKLE FOOTBALL W L T PTS 1. Adams 3 1 1 7 2. Dunster 2 0 2 6 Eliot 2 0 2 6 Kirkland 3 1 0 6 5. Leverett 2 1 1 5 Lowell 2 1 1 5 7. Winthrop...
...defense wins next Saturday's crucial contest for Harvard, a lot of the credit will have to go to Hurley, slated to start at left cornerback. The success with which the quick junior helps contain the Princeton offense and runs back punts could make the difference in the game's result...