Word: birching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Just why the Young Republicans across the country should be more conservative than their elders is a constant source of wonderment to observers within the party. With the exception of California, where a Birch backed candidate recently emerged from a ruthlessly sophisticated campaign with full control of the state Young Republican organization, most extreme conservatives eschew direct Birch Society ties. But that does not affect the extremity of their convictions...
...John Birch "Patriot...
...blocks away, behind the barely-used depot, stood a John Birch bookmobile, selling for $8.00 plastic-bound, lithographed copies of Robert Welch's book The Patriot. Commonly known as the John Birch Society Black Book, it contains 3,000 facts about Eisenhower which tend to indicate that the general is either a hard-core Red or a witting tool of the Communists...
Considering the freshmen's political bias, it is natural that their first impression of the Senate would not be of its power, or of its place in the order of things, but of its people. And Birch Bayh's impression was typical: "it's been wonderful." Besides the oath book ceremony, there are luncheons given by the leadership, and the little gestures that any politician appreciates. Daniel Inouye found his reception "extremely good, embarrassingly good. The senior members go out of their way to be nice to you; they even took me around to the masseur...
...Birch's choreography was clever and made amazingly good use of the cramped stage. Easily maneuvering as many as 20 persons in graceful patterns, Miss Birch also seemed to be poking fun at musical dance numbers with some ludicrous scenes, usually involving the irrepressible Breyer...