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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Baptist General Convention of Texas Dallas
Early in 1952 a small group of distinguished Americans met from time to time to discuss ways and means of persuading General Dwight D. Eisenhower to run for the presidency of the U.S. They went from there to become unofficial campaign managers and victors in the struggle for control of...
It was four nights before Christmas, and all through the Senate Office Building in Washington, there was merriment and song. The bell ringer of the 1948 Republican National Convention. Ohio Senator George Bender, was giving a Christmas party; a newsman recited a parody:
Green Light. Under fire were ramifications of the kickoff Gray proposal: a statewide referendum, scheduled for Jan. 9, on whether to hold a state constitutional convention. The convention, if authorized, could revise Section 141 of the Virginia constitution which, like similar laws in 44 other states, now prohibits the use...
Kismet (MGM) on Broadway looked like a Hollywood camel opera; as a Hollywood camel opera, it looks and sounds like the late hours of a Shriners' convention, i.e., fun in an overloaded fashion. Howard Keel, as the poet who goes from verse to better at the Wazir's...