Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...midst and that they should declare their interest before voting, he was interrupted by a taunting cry from Labor Backbencher Andrew Faulds: "We don't know about you, do we? It might be interesting!" Replied Gurden: "If he is insinuating that I am one of the chosen few, perhaps he could tell us about it." The deputy speaker succeeded in restoring order and as the sun began rising over Westminster, the M.P.s ended their all-night debate and voted the bill...
...skillful hands of White and the Syndicate, its importance in pushing a candidate forward in the senior Republican Party cannot be underestimated. Once it re-gained control of the YRNF in 1963, the Syndicate had a ready-made organization which helped immeasurably in pushing forward Goldwater, who was chosen by the White Machine in a secret decision back...
Dead in the Water. Many moderates were concerned by Romney's failure to generate more enthusiasm among G.O.P. professionals, despite his preeminence in the popularity polls. "A lot of us out here simply aren't convinced that Romney is the chosen moderate to lead the party in 1968," said Washington's Governor Daniel Evans. Oregon's Tom McCall, who makes no secret of his admiration for Rockefeller, asked: "What the dickens has happened to Romney's campaign? At the moment, it's lying dead in the water...
...back of these individual steps, and especially the earlier ones, was a political and military justification that once seemed compelling. And it is a justification which has since dissolved before our eyes. The justification was the assumed existence of a united, homogeneous and militantly evangelical Communism which had chosen South Vietnam as the weak point for a probe. Speaking to the National Press Club some six months after he assumed office, the Secretary of State gave an explicit formulation of the view of the world crisis in which Vietnam played a part. He said...