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...victory of the Democratic nominee represented not only a change in the political complexion of the University, but also a shift in the allegiances of the individual students polled--especially in the College. The poll showed that in 1956 the undergraduates would have backed Stevenson by the slight margin of 109 votes, as contrasted with this year's 767-vote Democratic plurality...
...striking feature of the rising Kennedy tide has been the return to the fold by traditionally Democratic voters who switched to President Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956. The most important factor determining the state's political complexion has been Kennedy's religion, the "silent issue...
Williams has now been in office longer than any liberal Democratic Governor in U.S. history-long enough to change the entire political complexion of the state. During the Williams era, the Democrats have captured as many as 20 of 23 statewide elective offices, including both U.S. Senate seats, have even won a 5-to-4 majority in the elective state supreme court...
Taken at the Flood, by John Gunther. A friend's excellent biography of the late Albert Lasker, the Madison Avenue pioneer who invented "That School Girl Complexion," dominated U.S. advertising, and cut the pattern for its grey-flannel suit...
Love That Lucky. Lasker responded with singular skill to the fierce competition of advertising. When the J. Walter Thompson Agency recommended Woodbury's soap for "The Skin You Love to Touch," Lasker fired back, on Palmolive's behalf, with "That School Girl Complexion." Working in double harness with the eccentric George Washington Hill, president of American Tobacco, Lasker converted Lucky Strikes from a chewing tobacco into the nation's leading cigarette. Cannily observing that women might be persuaded that smoking was not only decent but glamorous, Lasker assaulted the feminine market with a series of glowing testimonials...