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...very weird year. "There was a sense everywhere, in 1968," Garry Wills wrote in Nixon Agonistes, "that things were giving. That man had not merely lost control of his history, but might never regain it." That feeling permeated the New Hampshire campaign of Eugene McCarthy. Seeing a chance to "change the world, rearrange the world" and drive Lyndon Johnson back to the ranch, hundreds of student supporters invaded the state. Huntley-Brinkley brought Vietnam home every night in living color, and the McCarthy kids knocked on doorfronts to remind New Hampshire that now was the chance to stop...
...second period saw the Soviets regain the lead on a power-play breakaway goal by Aleksandr Maltsev, but they could go no further. The Americans, though behind, never panicked and stuck to their scrappy style. They played their game, and--charged with the chants of "USA! USA!"--it sufficed...
...creation of a united kingdom, of both the East and West Banks, under his sovereignty. Most diplomats believe he would not defy the Palestine Liberation Organization by joining the autonomy talks at this stage. He would, however, welcome the chance to negotiate with a future Israeli government to regain control of the West Bank...
...equally distressed by the activities of his heavily armed "auxiliaries," numbering between 16,000 and 20,000 according to various estimates. Known as Pfumo Re-vanhu (spear of the people), this force was recruited some 18 months ago from among "reformed" guerrillas. In their o ten ruthless efforts to regain rural areas from Patriotic Front control, the auxiliaries have won a reputation as bullies dedicated to furthering Muzorewa's political fortunes by violence and intimidation...
...never-say-die Rams charged right back, as Ferragamo threw a 48-yd. pass to Billy Waddy, and Lawrence McCutcheon threw a halfback option touchdown pass to Ron Smith to regain the lead for the Rams...