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...position of Senate majority whip opened, and Johnson had considerable backing for the post. Bobby, naturally, heard about it, and decided to help out. Said he, years later: "I kept leaking stories to the newspapers that Johnson had the inside track; that in a showdown he would have the votes." Obviously it is impossible to say today just how much Baker's affairs had to do with John son's election-but the Baker-sponsored bandwagon movement certainly did not impair Lyndon's chances. Johnson saw to it that Baker was named assistant Democratic Senate secretary...
...showdown of the Ivy race tonight, league leading Princeton plays at Penn. A win for the Tigers will give them their second straight championship. The Quakers, however, may pull a surprise, which would create a three-way tie for the title and necessitate a playoff among Penn, Princeton, and Yale...
Dave Abramson scored wins in the 200-and 500-yard freestyle to lead the Crimson to an easy 58-35 win over visiting Pennsylvania Saturday. The meet was Harvard's last before this weekend's showdown at Yale...
Foxy transports Broadwayites to an antic, 1890s Yukon, where all the fool's gold is stashed in the pouches under Bert Lahr's eyes. When Lahr crosses those eyes, the showdown is eyeball-to-eyeball. When he rolls them deliriously around the socket rims, he looks like a pixilated squirrel who has forgotten where last summer's nuts are buried...
With three weeks left in the Ivy League basketball season, three teams--Penn, Princeton, and Yale--are tied for first place, and the big showdown is coming this weekend at New Haven...