Word: conventioneering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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That night 1,200 faithful (at $10 a head) turned up to watch their man blast away at the Eisenhower Administration for lack of initiative in the space war, and to beam out loud and clear that the Democrats stood "ready and willing" to assume the burdens of world leadership...
¶ Virginia's former (1950 to 1954) Governor John S. Battle, 67, a resonant voice for political moderation in the Southern Democratic Party. Battle, who prevented a Southern walkout at the 1952 Democratic Convention, is a segregationist but not a violent racist, as governor made large strides in improving...
Present authorities suggest overhauling the 1944 Chicago Convention on air rights and adopting parallels to the laws of the sea, with their strips of national sovereignty and the concept of an international high seas.
The enormity of the crime committed against the U.S. and against U.S. labor by racketeering labor bosses has only begun to sink home, despite the procession of headlines from the Senate committee on labor racketeering. Among the first to grasp the full meaning of it all-and the meaning of...
Yet George Meany and his executive council held firm. After 90 minutes of discussion with Hoffa and his general executive board, the council huddled in executive session for an equal period of time. At length, Jimmy Hoffa, cooling his heels in an outer office, was called in to hear the...