Word: byword
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mister Sam's good side is to support Johnson for President. But for New York's Representative Victor Anfuso, backing Johnson presented difficulties : Anfuso is a liberal from Brooklyn, where Middle-Road Southerner Johnson's name is less than a liberal byword. Anfuso solved his problem in a speech in the House urging Johnson toward "greater service on behalf of our nation"-and proceeding to credit Johnson with "placing on the statute books most of the great liberal legislation sponsored by the Roosevelt Administration...