Henry Clay and the fate of presidential bids in history
A clippings-style overview recalls Henry Clay dying in 1852 and the line I’d rather be right than be president. It notes his long career, repeated presidential defeats, and contrasts with figures like Bryan Debs and Norman Thomas. It also mentions other candidates and a Yankee Doodle Magazine caricature from 1844.
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Henry Clay
Washington, D.C
Clay
Kentucky
U.S
Wi. Safire
Random House
William J. Bryan
Eugene Debs
Norman Thomas
John Adams
Th. Jefferson
Martin van Buren
Doodle Magazine
Texas
W. K. Polls
J. A. Birney
Liberty Party
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TV Highlights5 00 P M Wide World Of Sports
TV listings describe evening programs including Old Man of Hay feature at 450 feet and narration by Jim McKay, Saint at 7 30, Phantom of the Opera scene with a hanging corpse, Hollywood Palace with Bing Crosby, Mannix spa bust, Weirdo Night Tide mermaid tale, Late Show Burning Hills, and The Big Knife with Jack Palance, detailing plot points and cast.
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North Atlantic
Jim McKay
Herbert Lom
Hollywood Palace
Bing Crosby
Frances Langford
Don Ameche
Barbara McNair
Louis Nye
Mannix
Banco
Dennis Hopper
Burning Hills
Tab Hunter
Jack Palance
Elimination play saves contract in tricky bridge hand
North opens with a 2NT style sequence and West leads a heart. Declarer wins the heart with king, cashes spades A and K, and learns West has a trump trick. By discarding a diamond after heart and club cashing, South builds elimination to force a ruff and discard, turning a likely down one into a made slam.
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Test Your Code Breaking Ability Cryptogram Challenge
A coded quote sample shows letter substitutions. daily cryptograms vary. The message includes a quotation and a separate Emerson quote about a thinker on Earth. The exercise asks to decode by recognizing patterns and letter mappings.
CROSSWORD By Eugene Sheffer Puzzle Clues Mixed With Wordplay
The page presents a Eugene Sheffer crossword with numerous horizontal and vertical clues ranging from numbers 1 to 58 and topics including lab terms, objects, actions, and categories. It notes puzzle meta hints like birthday references and minor wordplay notes embedded among entries.
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Buddy Halyard
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Clark Kinnaird
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Emerson
Eugene Sheffer
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Newmans
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Andy Capp
Reg Smythe
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Beetle Bailey
Mort Walker
Dik Browne
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