Word: bolte
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...backed Councillor Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, meanwhile, reaffirmed his prediction that the four CCA council members will have the last word on who becomes mayor. He said that the offer of four sure votes would cause any of the independents to bolt their ranks. "If they have decided on a man, you may be sure that our choice won't be the same one," DeGuglielmo said...
...death; that is, The Company has figured it out. With its globe-circling arm of Underwriters, Actuaries, Claim Adjusters, Regional Directors and Expediters, The Company has figured out almost everything. Blue Plate Policy coupons provide for food; Blue Blanket coverage takes care of shelter, clothing and babies; the Blue Bolt "war and disaster complex of policies" insures against all misfortune-all except for the misfortune of being pronounced Class E and therefore "completely uninsurable." Most marvelous boon of all is the "Suspension Vaults." A policyholder stricken with "radiation" poisoning (a common ailment), or dying of disease for which The Company...
...only natural that in return for all this responsibility, The Company has required increasing authority; in fact, The Company and Company Law have come to govern the world, for this is the only really effective way to minimize the danger of war and its surely bankrupting deluge of Blue Bolt claims...
...Texas' Governor Allan Shivers, who led his state to Eisenhower in 1952, put it on record that he will bolt again if Stevenson runs again in 1956. "I don't think he is suitable timber," Shivers explained. "I don't think he has the qualifications from any standpoint." Rather than support Stevenson, said Shivers, he would accept "practically anybody" the Republicans nominate, but he especially eulogized Ike for doing "an outstanding job" as President. "He has brought peace . . . Today we have both peace and prosperity. A few years ago many thought it could not be done...
...exception: Utah's arch-conservative J. Bracken Lee, foe of the United Nations and federal aid programs. In Chicago last week Republican Lee said he would bolt to the "right" kind of Democrat running against Ike. By the right kind of Democrat, Bracken Lee seems to be thinking of James Buchanan or Grover Cleveland...