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...most dangerous times of our country's history Virginia is going to say, 'we will not join up again.'" Unfortunately for Kennedy, the lecture was largely a waste of time. The key man in deciding the state's vote, wily old Senator Harry Flood Byrd, had not even bothered to come to hear Kennedy speak...
...much in the public eye until Admiral Richard E. Byrd's expeditions in the 1930s, Antarctica soon aroused that old flag-planting urge among several nations. The 1957-58 International Geophysical Year brought a temporary thaw in Antarctic rivalries. Scientists from twelve na tions-the U.S., Russia, Britain, France, Belgium, Norway, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, Chile-worked together in a broad and coordinated program of Antarctic research. In May 1958, President Eisenhower invited them all to Washington to discuss a continuing joint policy for Antarctica. This, he argued, "could have the additional advantage of preventing unnecessary...
...come-lately with no valid claim in Antarctica, to be a partner in the treaty. "It amounts to putting the free world and the slave world on the same footing," complained Connecticut's Thomas Dodd. Thundered Georgia's Richard Russell, recalling the exploits of the late Explorer Byrd (brother of Virginia's Senator Harry F. Byrd): "This treaty would certainly be a dismal conclusion to one of the brightest and proudest chapters of American history...
...issued in a smudgy, cerulean stream that sometimes reached 65,000 a day. In newspaper ads from coast to coast he ran his enticing list of titles-eventually more than 2,000-and invited readers to clip the coupons. Among those who did were the late Admiral Richard E. Byrd, who took a supply to the South Pole, and a Texas oilman who bought 14 packages of 700 books each (total cost: $486.50) to ensure his grandchildren a rounded education...
...Democratic Landslide: The election wiped me out. There wasn't anything left to talk about because we have Utopia. With Byrd, Eastland and Faubus, what can go wrong? Nelson Rockefeller: He is promising that if elected he will give the kids Little League polo...