Word: aikens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Underdog Philip H. Hoff upset incumbent Governor F. Ray Keyser and became the first Democratic governor in 109 years. Republican Senator George D. Aiken was re-elected over W. Robert Johnson, as was Vermont's single Congressional representative...
...turnabout resulted from a partisan congressional mood brought on by the approaching elections; the bill picked up some Democratic supporters who were irked by the solid Republican opposition. But no one thought its passage had rid the U.S. of its farm scandal. Said Vermont's Republican Senator George Aiken ,as he emerged from the House-Senate conference that agreed to the final version: "Well, I can't solve the farm problem, so I'm going over to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Cuba's easier...
When grave national issues are involved, Everett Dirksen is not a partisan." In a flood of oratory, Republican after Republican rose to toss bouquets toward Dirksen. Vermont's George Aiken praised his fairness and courage. California's Thomas Kuchel his unselfishness and erudition...
...concepts are expressed verbally, Aiken stated; for example, authority is evidenced in many ways, and primarily not enough verbal expressions. In this case "linguistic analysis alone won't grasp the problem." If not limited to words and the conventional uses of expressions, analysis can be directed "to the meanings of ethical terms and to the ideals and standards which we call a way of life...
...Aiken, professor of Philosophy at Harvard, called "appraisal and evaluation" the second aspect of philosophical study. "The meaning of statements, as distinct from single words, are not so simply discovered," he said. "We face the task of appreciating the intention of the speaker and relating what he said to other statements and larger contexts...