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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...ticker tape and enthusiasm. By contrast, the Republican mood was splotched with dark worries. Dick Nixon's entrance into New York hardly got any notice. He spent the few days before Debate No. 4 holed up in his Waldorf suite, chairing strategy sessions. and making no effort to match crowds in Democratic Manhattan. Evidence of the Kennedy surge was growing: the polls and the reporters showed that New York State (45 electoral votes) has moved into the Kennedy column (see box). For Nixon and Lodge the word from California (32 votes) and Texas (24 votes) was more heartening...
...Kennedy 43). About Kennedy most voters knew little more than that he was boyish looking, rich, and an efficient operator. If Nixon had never agreed to the debates, Kennedy would not have had the opportunity to prove, before a nationwide audience, that he is Nixon's match in quickness of mind, decisiveness, and resources of combat...
...Knife. Disappointment and near disaster trailed Nikita Khrushchev around the city. He engaged in a TV shouting match with an interviewer nearly as brash as himself-frenetic Producer David Susskind (see SHOW BUSINESS). Even Khrushchev's grisly jokes went sour. Asked by newsmen if he had changed his mind on disarmament, Khrushchev produced a penknife, said "I have this," and wondered aloud if the knife "could puncture such a sack" as the U.S.'s stout ambassador to the U.N., James J. Wadsworth...
With the UMass win, the varsity boosted its record to 8-1. The team's next match will be against Dartmouth, this Friday at 8 p.m. at Franklin Park. Although Dartmouth's record thus far this fall has been indecisive, the Indians have several strong runners and should give the Crimson a very difficult afternoon...
...past decade, now play a game both solid and spectacular. Because" they meet no white teams, it is impossible to tell just how good the Negro clubs really are. "We have to wait until our players reach pro ball," says Gaither. "In pro ball I'll match my boys against anybody...