Word: clement
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years I had been looking in vain for a worthy Democrat. Now my quest is ended. The silver-tongued Governor Frank Clement of Tennessee, in his keynote speech opening the Democratic Convention, came up with the greatest political slogan ever conceived by the mind of man, to wit: "The Democratic Party-dedicated to the greater glory...
...cliches among those gems of Clem's. I can only say that it will be a black day for these United States should they fall behind the other nations of the civilized world in the production of rockbound, palm-fringed, seagirt cliches. I point with pride to Governor Clement, whose speech was worthy of Cicero-Cicero...
...actors were depressingly well-mannered. But if the feature attraction was predictable, there were some lively cartoons and notable short subjects: a beaming Ike playfully flicking balloons with Joe Martin; Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge cold-shouldering Harold Stassen; Keynoter Langlie imitating Keynoter Frank ("How long, O how long?") Clement; the Eisenhowers and Nixons grouped together beneath the rostrum; Ike's proud-grandpa chuckle when beamish Len Hall made eight-year-old David Eisenhower honorary convention chairman; Joe Martin steadying old (82) Herbert Hoover with a thoughtful touch of the elbow; the fixed, pasty smile on the face of Harold...
...been sharply slanted toward the Democratic side. It was CBS that, out of its own pocket, set up hourlong, closed-circuit telecasts last month so that Butler and Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall could give instructions to delegates to both conventions. CBS also made a kinescope of Keynoter Frank Clement rehearsing his big speech, and Stanton himself gave the Tennessee governor pointers on TV technique...
...wisecracking Sports Columnist Red Smith, who dealt with the convention like an athletic contest, sprinkled his copy with sports allusions and such gems as his description of Happy Chandler's campaign grin ("A hawg-jowl smile, meaty and succulent, with collard greens on the side"), Governor Frank Clement's coiffure ("He wears a small round part in his dark hair"), and political pundits ("sports experts with their shirttails tucked...