Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...contrast Dwight Eisenhower is still, after four years in office, phenomenally popular. From coast to coast local Republican candidates are reaching for his coattails, and each week he adds to his preelection schedule of personal campaigning. Most prognosticating to date has the Democrats picking up momentum and moving into position to challenge seriously the whole Republican ticket. But the fact seems to be that, at midpoint, the Republicans are doing well at the national level, not so well at the local level. Last week top G.O.P. campaign strategists met in Washington, saw no reason to change their basic plans. Reason...
...Land of Contrast. Among this year's 435 contests for the U.S. House of Representatives, none can match in flamboyance the three-way combination of Jackie, the Hindu judge and the sprawling California 29th congressional district that they are fighting for. The 2gth, undisputed preserve of G.O.P. Congressman John Phillips until he announced his retirement last November, spreads across 11,000 violently contrasting square miles. It includes the lush irrigated ranches (cotton, fancy vegetables, dates) of the Imperial, Coachella and Palo Verde valleys and Marslike desert mountains and flats. It in cludes the onetime citrus wonderland of Riverside County...
...contrast to this constructive leadership, Stassen said the Illinois records show many instances of maladministration under Governor Stevenson...
When one considers Tufts' line, however, he cannot help feeling that Arlanson's optimism may be misplaced. In sharp contrast to the depth of experience in the backfield, Arlanson can fill only three line positions with veterans...
This retrospective view stands in gloomy contrast to the optimism that greeted the President in 1953. Then, his program had promise of settling the subversive issue fairly and efficiently. Because he was a military hero honored with deep national affection, it was hoped that he could not only overcome McCarthy-inspired hysteria with the force of his moral leadership, but also that he could lift government service from the level at which Truman's stubborn devotion to his political friends had left it. Public criticism and court decisions have since forced the Administration to soften some of its initial harsh...