Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...average Republican is running against an average machine Democrat. The machine poll workers throw the election judges out of the precinct house, and the Democrat carries the precinct 9-1 in a surprising show of strength. This happens all over town and the Democrat wins the election. That's machine corruption...
...action was accompanied by a sharply-worded dissent by Commissioner Nicholas Johnson, a 36-year-old liberal Democrat appointed by President Johnson...
...handle the avalanche of telegrams, letters and telephone calls. Nearly all the messages deplored the conviction. Nixon ordered his staff to evaluate the reaction of both the country and the Congress. A legislative aide found a new mood on Capitol Hill. "This Galley thing cuts across all the lines, Democrat and Republican, liberal and conservative, hawk and dove," he reported. "It's not just concern for one man. They're translating it into a protest against the System and against the war. Real hard hawks are calling and saying, The President...
...hands of the shoestring operators who created most of today's mess. So long as U.S. population and incomes keep rising, more people will be seeking a home away from home, and the demand for leisure-time projects can only increase. Not long ago, the Daily Union Democrat in the sleepy Sierra Nevada foothill town of Sonora, Calif., extended a note of sympathy: "Whenever there's an ecological lynching party, Boise Cascade comes out on the loop end of the rope...
Abdication Announcement. He became the superstar of films, records, TV and the casinos of Las Vegas. He took over the Rat Pack. It is said that at a Democratic conclave once, he was affectionately greeted by Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, whom he told to "take your hands off the threads, creep." He was wanted both at Kennedy campaign rallies and rackets-commission hearings. He was into the airline business, missile parts, and had a personal staff of 75. Briefly he was married again, this time to Mia Farrow, who was less than half his age. Perhaps most surprising...