Word: adamses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Shortly after the September 13 primaries, the New York Times delivered the ultimate slap in the face to the anti-war movement when it proclaimed in an editorial that "one-issue candidates" never win. This was an open reference to the Senatorial candidacies of David Frost in New Jersey and...
And in Adams House, where Richard F. Olivo is tutor, this will certainly be the case. He does not intend to make any assignments. "I think the world's too serious already," he says quite seriously.
Brooke, one of the most successful vote getters in Massachusetts history, will be opposed by Endicott ("Chub") Peabody, 46, an unimpressive if well-meaning former Governor who was ignominiously defeated for nomination by his own Lieutenant Governor in the 1964 primary. This year Peabody won the Democratic nomination after a...
*Though there have been father-son (John and John Quincy Adams), grandfather-grandson (William H. and Benjamin Harrison) and cousin-cousin (Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt) takeovers.
But 1972 is another story. Historically, the vice-presidency has by no means been a foolproof route to the White House. This has been so because mediocre men have often been chosen for the job-a description that scarcely fits Hubert Humphrey. The fact remains that only three Veeps in...