Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recently the worst of times, it now seemed almost the best of times to be a Democrat for the 2,000 delegates who gathered last week in Kansas City for the first mid-term convention of its kind ever held by a U.S. political party. The swing had been manic: from corrosive division and humiliating defeat in 1972 to last month's sweeping triumph in the off-year elections and the reasonable prospect of wresting the White House from Gerald Ford in 1976. And though some of the old intramural conflicts still struck sparks, the downs and ups seemed...
That piece of good advice did not come from a Democrat but from Mr. Republican himself: Senator Barry Goldwater, who was simply stating in his customary blunt way what most other members of Congress, and a fan- number of Americans generally, feel. Last week the President was handed a smashing defeat, partly by his own party, when his veto of a veterans' benefits bill was overridden by a vote of 394 to 10 in the House and 90 to 1 in the Senate. The measure, which increased educational aid to veterans by 22.7%, was inflationary, and it was consistent...
When Dilworth's recitation ended, Democrat George Danielson of California asked him if he was sure he had not omitted listing anything in Rocky's possession that might be worth as much as $500,000. Dilworth said he was sure he had not. At that, Counsel William E. Jackson nudged him and a quick conference ensued. Dilworth then corrected the record. "Counsel says the jewelry belonging to Mrs. Rockefeller might conceivably exceed...
...standards of living of the world's industrialized sector to levels matching those in the Third World." This was too much even for one of Rocky's sternest critics on the committee. "I find your statement so excessive and so extreme that it is counterproductive," said California Democrat Jerome Waldie...
...answers but not overbearing, waving, winking and even blowing kisses at old friends, Rockefeller had plainly made some new friends in the course of his performance. Said the committee's most caustic member, Texas Representative Jack Brooks: "I think you may be overtrained for the job." Alabama Democrat Walter Flowers was pleasantly reassured. "The guy's got style...