Word: bradford
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...back of the barn, with New England's Republican governors and others, Tom Dewey got a lot of politicking done. He heard some things he did not like. The governors frankly discussed the great amount of favorable talk for General Ike Eisenhower. Massachusetts' politically wise Governor Robert Bradford told Candidate Dewey that he would not be a shoo-in for the 1948 nomination; Bradford said he thought an early-ballot nomination was not possible and some of the other governors nodded agreement. Take Massachusetts, said Bradford: its delegates were going to be for Favorite Son Leverett Saltonstall...
...would kill you with a smile on his face. The others: Herbert Liggins, known as" Hopalong because he was crippled; Charles Jones, known as Pretty Boy because he was a nice looking guy. Charles Hill was known as Colorado Kid. William Lee was known as Wild Bill. Clyde Bradford was known as Blue because he was so dark. Percy Bellmar was known as the Wheeler because he was a good driver. He really was my number one wheeler...
...Threshold. When the speeches began, the nonpartisan bonds slipped a bit, and there were sounds very like a muffled boom. Cried Massachusetts' Governor Robert Bradford, who returned from a vacation in Maine for the celebration: "He's only on the threshold of an even greater career." Massachusetts' Senator Leverett Saltonstall, a leading candidate for "favorite son" himself, declared: "If he wants more, the people of Massachusetts will be with...
Symbolic of the respect paid by the nation, the state, and the city, Senator Leverett Saltonstall '14, Governor Robert F. Bradford '23, and Temporary Mayor John B. Hynes arrived at the Yard in advance of the funeral cortege which was making its way from Brookline...
With Dottie Myles doing the vocalizing, Raykov played "Lost Without You" over WBZ, and thereafter it was taken up in turn by the Latin Quarter, the Sheraton, the Somerset, and the Bradford Rept...