Word: dears
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hold onto its Senate seats from Michigan, Massachusetts and Nebraska (where two are up, but only one is in serious contention). In Michigan, Democrat Patrick McNamara has had some good breaks, e.g., Defense Secretary Wilson's bird-dog remarks, but Republican Incumbent Homer Ferguson is holding on for dear life to an early lead. Nebraska's Republican Candidate Roman Hruska would be considered a good conservative in almost any other state; in Nebraska, his moderate tendencies have him in some trouble-although probably not enough for Democrat James Green to beat him. Massachusetts' Republican Senator Leverett Saltonstall...
...Dear Comrade," wrote Jawaharlal Nehru to each member of his Cabinet. "On the eve of my visit to China, I venture to write to you to dispel doubts and rumors." In 1,300 loosely strung words, the leader of the world's second most populous nation proclaimed that he would not run for re-election as Congress Party president when his term expires next January and would not "function as Prime Minister for at least some time." Instead, said handsomely aging (64) Nehru, he wanted time to read and think while others showed how they could run India...
Honestly, Celeste! (Sun. 9:30 p.m., CBS) lets Comedienne Celeste Holm play hob with a newspaper office and appears to have been created by the second-string writers of NBC's Dear Phoebe, which is also a situation comedy laid in a newspaper office...
...Dear God," I prayed-all unafraid (As girls are wont to be) "I do not want a handsome man- But let him be like Thee; I do not need one big and strong, Nor one so very tall, Nor need he be some genius, Or wealthy, Lord, at all; . . . (But) let his face have character- A ruggedness of soul, And let his whole life show, dear God, A singleness of goal...
...workers serving coffee and doughnuts had a bad case of nerves. One confessed later: "My knees were so weak that I was afraid I'd pour coffee on the First Lady." Diet-conscious Mamie was a little unsettled herself by the doughnuts, but reached for one reluctantly ("Oh dear me, I would take the one with the most sugar...