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During his public appearances, Nixon wonders whether to grin or to maintain the grim face of a great statesman, whether to strike out directly at young Jack or depend chiefly on the aura of Eisenhower. As he speaks, the G.O.P. candidate works hard to arouse indignation at "dangerously immature" candidates, and to show respect for Ike, the great symbol of national unity and purpose...
...reach and who uses an automatic feeder so that he doesn't have to stop driving. One of Voyage's greatest assets stems from Lamorisse's color technique (he photographs in Eastman color and prints on Technicolor stock), which gives his film a Utrillo-like, ethereal aura...
...lifts his right hand in a diffident, shoulder-high wave that is identical with the football signal for a first down, but deliberately resists such exuberant gestures as the wide-open Eisenhower arms. Generally, he goes over fine: some politicians even suggest that he has the old "Roosevelt aura...
...hospital staph" germs, but what happens then divides the infants into two distinct groups. In one, the staphylococci cause such obvious signs as boils. These cases are moderately infectious to those in contact with them. The other infants show no sign of illness, but are surrounded by such an aura of pullulating bacteria that they are called "cloud babies...
...heart, Kennedy saw to it that the party platform, largely the handiwork of Kennedy Man Chester Bowles, was a far-out liberal manifesto containing a tough civil rights plank that enraged the South. Then, ditching the liberals, Kennedy tried to placate the Southerners and give his ticket a conservative aura by picking Texas' Lyndon Johnson as his running mate...