Word: democratic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Democrats like Kuchel because he is open and honest with them, utterly devoid of partisan ferocity. "There's nothing mean about him," says a high-ranking Democratic Senator. "If he can help you, he will." Says Kuchel of himself: "I try to deal with my colleagues fairly. I try to live up to my word. I don't try parliamentary tricks." One exception, a Democrat with little affection for Kuchel, is Ohio's conservative Frank Lausche, who was once a victim of Kuchel's occasionally earthy humor. Kuchel came onto the Senate floor one day while...
...impossible to play at democrat and dictator at the same time...
...King Paul of Greece, 61, recovering from an appendectomy, at Evan-gelismos Hospital, Athens; Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan, 67, reportedly hospitalized with flu and complications, in Moscow; Representative Francis E. Walter, 69, Pennsylvania Democrat, chairman of House Committee on Un-American Activities, stricken with leukemia, but "up and about," in Georgetown University Hospital...
What was it all about? Well, it was about a Waldorf banquet for U.S. Representative Charles A. Buckley, 72, Democratic boss of The Bronx. Buckley, best known in the House for his chronic absenteeism, is an old friend of Joe Kennedy's, was an active backer of Jack's presidential candidacy as early as 1957, looks fondly on all Kennedys-and with reason. It was therefore only natural that the President of the U.S. should dictate a telegram to be sent to Buckley in New York on the night of the dinner. It said: "We want to join...
Confusing Welter. The decision to back down came from the U.S. State Department, to which the worried CAB had turned for guidance. Both quickly drew the wrath of Washington Democrat Warren G. Magnuson and his Senate Commerce Committee, which summoned CAB Chairman Alan Boyd to account for the retreat. Boyd explained that though the CAB lacked the power to set international air fares, he had hoped to block the fare rise by winning away enough foreign lines to isolate the British. "In retrospect," he admitted, "you could say we were not smart...