Word: amasser
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Maher said last night that he changed because he believed that Sullivan would never amass the necessary majority. Only minutes before Hayes was elected as mayor, Maher said, Vellucci had denied that he would shift from himself to Sullivan...
Greek-born Christopher, 57, came to the U.S. as a two-year-old, rose from the tenements to amass a modest fortune as one of northern California's biggest independent dairy distributors. A city supervisor for ten years before becoming mayor, Christopher made his political personality as familiar to northern Californians as his milk bottles. He was a leading Rockefeller supporter in the 1964 presidential primary, whereas Southern California's Reagan made a name as a Goldwater speechmaker-a difference that Christopher emphasized, along with Reagan's lack of administrative experience, on a ten-city, hat-tossing...
...Owner Paul Reinhardt, whom she eventually married in 1926 (they were divorced in 1934). In 1940 she married Millionaire Chicagoan Albert D. Lasker, who headed Lord & Thomas, then one of the top U.S advertising agencies. Through Mary, Lasker discovered the world of art,' and together they began to amass their fine paintings, particularly those of the French impressionists and early expressionists...
...lick it? Get to the wicket, buy you a ticket, Go. N.Y., N.Y. What they call a Somethin' Else town. A city so nice they had to name it twice ..." Jon Hendricks wrote. Millions have come to New York thinking they can lick it. Some achieve stardom, others amass fabulous wealth. But almighty few leave with the feeling they've licked...
Most "promising" of all is what Kennedy will do to New York. If, as you write, Kennedy's national ambitions will drive him to "amass a Senate record of extraordinary strength". It is doubtful that he will succeed. He can count on little help from a President whose animosity toward him is well known and who slammed the door on his Vice-Presidential aspirations. Surely he will be aided neither by the Southern Democrats who control the all-powerful committees, nor by the Congressmen over whom Kennedy has rides rough shod. James W. Vaupel '67 President, Students for Keating...