Word: adlai
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...people pushed while the party workers shouted and placards swayed against walls. The crowd chanted "All the way with Adlai," and a girl stretched to a full five feet two inches, peered determinedly through steel-rimmed glasses, and piped boldly...
Banners flowed forward into the spotlights: "Nous Sommes Madly for Adlai," "Adlai Likes Me," and "We Don't Want Nixon." The loudspeaker screamed "We won't be able to unload Adlai if you don't get back...
Stevenson's plane rumbled up to the crowd, which shrank back respectfully. Politicians and party workers raced through the crowd to get to the gangway. The youthful crowd began to shout section by section, "Wellesley for Adlai!" and "M.I.T. for Adlai!", then "B.U. for Adlai!" As the shouts continued, the elderly Furcolo supporter muttered, "Can anyone here vote...
...Adlai stood gingerly on the temporary stand and said, "The only thing as shaky as this is the Republican platform." He thanked the crowd for its hospitality and atempted to reach his car behind a cordon of state troopers, as party workers screamed, "Foster: What happened to Furcolo...
Stevenson made fair headway, considering that the police were outnumbered, 5,000 to 30. Stevenson shook hands gallantly down the runway, through doorways, and even from inside his Cadillac. The car was unable to start as the hands were still clutching Adlai's, so the police began to move the crowd away. One supporter found himself being carried away, feet first. But he smiled back at Stevenson and cried, "Don't you worry, Adlai. It's OK. It's not your fault...