Word: magic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (NBC, 7-7:30 p.m.). Michael Shea as Huck Finn, Kevin Schultz as Tom Sawyer and Lu Ann Haslam as Becky Thatcher find themselves in a forest inhabited by leprechauns in "The Magic Shillelagh." Premiere...
With the 26 states he won that year-plus a few of the high-population centers-Nixon would sail past the magic number of 270 electoral votes. With that in mind, the G.O.P. planners are thinking of concentrating most of their candidate's energies on only ten of the most populous states. His schedule will be keyed to the evening TV newscasts, and most big events will take place no later than early afternoon, so that the networks will have time to develop their film and write their scripts...
Whether by hunting or herding or harvesting, a basic tribal function is subsistence in a harsh environment. As relatively powerless people, tribesmen believe in magic, usually hate outsiders and respect any kinsman who survives long enough to grow...
...bottom fifth of the alphabetical listing, the fight was really over. After West Virginia, Nixon had 650, and Wisconsin's 30, won in that state's primary, broke through the magic number to make it 680. Wyoming added its twelve, for a first-ballot total of 692, compared with 277 for Rockefeller, 182 for Reagan and 182 sprinkled elsewhere. It was even less of a race than it seemed. Nixon had reserve votes in several favorite-son delegations that he could have called upon if necessary. Minnesota Congressman Ancher Nelsen, one of the nine whips working the floor for Nixon...
Everyman is such an incredible kick, and so much color and so many ideas explode so often and so well, that a happy and enthusiastic opening-night audience quickly succumbed to the magic. And, when all ended, it was I suspect the magic that those people remembered, not exactly the play they had seen performed. Verse plays aren't noted for evoking mass gut reactions. The ambitious and verbally complex Mayer-Babe adaptation gets a little lost in the tempest nightly at Agassiz, and that's not to say that the play is weaker than its dazzling production...