Word: biennials
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...accepted, the Board of Trade will have all that it has ever wanted in the way of D.C. enfranchisement. There will no doubt be a sizeable number of Negroes on the proposed Council, and maybe even a Negro Commissioner. This biracial composition of the appointed government, together with a biennial Congressional election, can be used to show the House that D.C. citizens already play an active part in city affairs and that no further' self-government is needed...
...Biennial Faultfinder. Only hours before he flew off to the Pedernales, probably not to return until some time in December, the President did manage to get in one final round of politicking. In one of the most heatedly partisan press conferences of his presidency, he dismissed Barry Goldwater's prediction that Republican Ronald Reagan would win a landslide victory in California. "I would just express the hope," rasped Johnson, "that there has been no improvement in Senator Goldwater's judgment since...
...candidates who lose tomorrow will have to try and maintain the loyalties of their workers and allies for three years or forget about seeking state office. The end of the biennial delegates' votes fight may also mean the end of publicity by political columnists. The state's political writers are expected, out of a want for subject matter, to cover the General Court more closely (now there is not even one full-time correspondent attached to the state senate), and a whole new flock of political personalities may emerge crowding the officeless politicians from the center of public attention...
Bracelets & Billiards. Meanwhile, in Paris last week, more than 10,000 buyers a day were bustling through the Third Biennial of Antiques. Set off by the Grand Palais' lavish decorations, including 500 trees and an artificial lake with swans, more than $10 million worth of objets d'art were on sale. Rarities included the child-sized billiard table given to King Louis XIV when he was twelve years old, and an art nouveau serpentine bracelet designed for Sarah Bernhardt...
...rites and rallying cries seem to vary little from one election year to another. At fund-raising banquets from Ogunquit, Me., to Ojai, Calif., the steak, like the rhetoric, is overpriced and overdone. On TV, the candidates' canned homilies and tanned profiles intrude irksomely on program schedules. The biennial profusion of campaign billboards and posters stipples the land that Lady Bird wants to beautify and Lyndon yearns to own. Yet the art of politics is not immutable, and this year's mid-term elections highlight a host of developments that are changing the nature of campaigning...