Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Kennedy's camp was plunged in gloom: all the portents indicated a Humphrey victory next week. "Things aren't as bad as we say they are," said a weary Kennedy aide. "They're worse." Humphrey fluctuated between doubt and exultation. "You know what?" he told a reporter, only half in jest, "I may win this primary. It scares me to death. Then what will I do? Every favorite son in the country will begin to quiver again. They'll get as tough as boiled owls...
...real cost squeeze that had turned a higher gross into a smaller net for many a company. Chrysler, despite a sharp rise in sales ($925.8 million v. $690.5 million in 1959) reported a first-quarter earnings decline of 28% ($1.25 a share v. $1.75). There was also doubt about whether the economy was going to sustain its present pace. Manufacturers' new orders in March dropped $500 million under the previous month, lagged behind shipments...
...candidacy, he told the A.S.N.E., did not in itself raise any religious issue. He was not appealing to the "so-called Catholic vote," he said. "Even if such a vote exists-which I doubt-I want to make one thing clear again: I want no votes solely on account of my religion . . . Nor have I ever suggested that the Democratic Party is required to nominate me or face a Catholic revolt in November." He indirectly charged the press with "magnifying" the religion issue in the Wisconsin primary, scoffed at reports that Wisconsin Roman Catholics had voted for him almost...
...Kennedy was bucking some convincing statistics. Kennedy's denial of a possible Catholic revolt if he is rejected by the convention "helps remove the vague suggestion of blackmail that has hung over his campaign for the last few months." But it was "odd," said Reston, that Kennedy should doubt the existence of a "Catholic vote" when his own staff had repeatedly claimed that the strength of the Catholic vote was a compelling reason for nominating him.* When Kennedy was fighting for the Democratic vice-presidential nomination at the 1956 Democratic convention, said Reston, Kennedymen circulated a memo arguing that...
...there had been any doubt about it before, there was no longer: the Montreal Canadiens are the greatest team in hockey history. Last week, completing the job of skating and shooting the Toronto Maple Leafs off the ice, Les Canadiens won the Stanley Cup play-offs in four straight games. The scores: 4-2, 2-1, 5-2, 4-0. It was the fifth consecutive Stanley Cup for Montreal, a feat never equaled...