Word: bender
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ohio, Democratic Senator Thomas A. Burke will certainly run ahead of Republican Candidate George H. Bender in Cleveland, but unless Burke has a margin of more than 50,000 there he is likely to lose...
Harvard, which will begin its formal advanced standing program next fall, will definitely participate in the testing program, Dean of Admissions Wilbur J. Bender '27 said after the Biltmore Hotel meeting. This year the College is conducting an experimental advancement plan...
...long last, Bender sat down, after nary an aria. The meeting's chairman arose, tried to get in a few words, and was promptly interrupted. George Bender was sorry, but he wondered if someone would come forward to lead the singing. He waited all of two or three seconds for a volunteer, then lifted his arms−and his voice-in a rendition of God Be With You Till We Meet Again. It was a typical Bender performance...
Democrat Tom Burke does not even try to compete-and he may not need to. Burke has concentrated on Ohio's industrial centers, hopes to come out of them with enough organization votes to offset Bender's advantage in the rural districts and Cincinnati's Taftland. Burke dislikes to campaign. As the four-time mayor of Cleveland, he rarely had to try hard, and he much prefers to spend his evenings in cozy spots with a few old political cronies. His campaign speeches have been studded with such unexciting lines as "Canton has more replevins for merchandise...
...fact in his favor. He is running under the aegis of Democratic Governor Frank Lausche, who appointed him to the Senate as Bob Taft's replacement. And, in Ohio, the Lausche coattails are second to none-not even Dwight Eisenhower's, to which former Taftman George Bender has clung with might and main. As of last week, Ohio looked like a coattail tossup...