Word: brickering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...crowd and hoisted their placards. There were six signs, so they asked a small boy to hold one. The signs read: "Harvard's for Harry," "Because if Ike's Elected--," "Joe McCarthy for Attorney General," "Fred Hartley for Secretary of Labor," "Chiang Kai-Shek for Secretary of State," "John Bricker for Secretary of Commerce...
Printed on them are: "Joe McCarthy for Attorney General," "Fred Hartley for Secretary of Labor," "Chaing Kai-Shek for Secretary of State," "John Bricker for Secretary of Commerce...
Ohio's Congressman George Bender, Bob Taft's braying cheerleader of last June's Republican Convention, took over as master of ceremonies. He introduced Ohio's Senator John Bricker, then went down the list to introduce every big-and little-wig in sight. He called for a voice vote on Nixon, got a roar of ayes and a few scattered noes. Then he called for another and got a floor-quaking, indisputable aye. He called for singing and bellowed his way through the band's repertoire. By this time the atmosphere was electric: the crowd...
...Senator: John Bricker, governor for six years and Senator for six, is-at this point-the surest bet in the Ohio election. His Democratic opponent is a somewhat slimmed Michael V. Di Salle (writers can no longer call him squash-shaped, says Di Salle, because he has lost 30 Ibs.). Di Salle is not well known in his home state, despite his three years as mayor of Toledo and his 14 months as U.S. price administrator in Washington. Di Salle is using the talkathon, the marathon radio question-answering technique, which has been remarkably effective in some states...
...Bricker is well ahead of Di Salle...