Word: bartlow
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Dominican army threw Bosch out, but the U.S.-with a fixed policy in favor of constitutional government even when it is bad-broke off relations with the junta. Later it got promises that there would be free elections, and relations were restored. But U.S. Ambassador John Bartlow Martin, primary backer of Bosch, resigned, and a new ambassador has not yet been named...
Kennedy's own performance was as unpredictable as his audiences. Often, when his political antennae sensed the mood of his listeners, he threw away his carefully prepared texts (to the despair of such highcaliber, hard-working speechwriters as Dick Goodwin, Ted Sorensen and John Bartlow Martin) and launched into impromptu speeches with an eloquence and fervor that reminded middle-aged listeners of the young F.D.R., and touched off wild ovations. Again, he plodded through his speeches as unenthusiastically as his listeners responded to them. Under the direction of Voice Coach Blair McClosky, the Kennedy voice was usually well modulated...