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Word: coons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Senator Byrd is the only eminent Southern Democratic holdout), but it warmed almost immediately when the L.B.J. Special rolled into the Carolinas. At every whistle stop, politicians of every variety, from Senators to sheriffs, from South Carolina's Governor Ernest Rollings to Florida's Representative Bob ("He-Coon") Sikes, clambered happily aboard. There they were warmly and methodically greeted by L.B.J. and Lady Bird, photographed, endorsed, introduced, and ushered off with a blast of The Yellow Rose of Texas. At the end of the trip, Johnson added up 1,247 politicians who had come aboard the L.B.J. Special...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: Whistling Through Dixie | 10/24/1960 | See Source »

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