Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When questioned about politics, Channing said, "All I know about politics is that the Kennedys invited me to the White House several times. The Republicans never invited me so I guess I became a Democrat...
...White House conference with President Nixon, has done more than merely hang on. Some Italians are already saying, perhaps prematurely, that he may be the best man in the job since the late Alcide de Gasperi, Italy's premier Premier. Others say that the ascetic, soft-spoken Christian Democrat, whom leftists call "the lay cardinal" for his piety and political skill, has accomplished a political miracle by not only surviving but actually making some progress...
...Texas Democrat Patman, an old populist foe of both banks and railroads, called the case "a classic example of the use of corporate power for personal profit." If correct, the charges expose a skein of cozy deals and conflicting interests, and raise questions about the legality of some borrowing and the betrayal of fiduciary trust. The report singled out the activities of David C. Bevan, Penn Central's deposed chief financial officer, and Charles J. Hodge, a former partner in the Manhattan investment banking house of Glore. Forgan (now merged to become F.I. duPont, Glore, Forgan...
...story unwinds like an old Vittorio De Sica film in slow motion. A member of the Communist Party, Amerigo Ormea is assigned to be an election watcher at the Cottolengo Hospital for Incurables in Turin. As Amerigo officiously keeps the morons and vegetable cases from being recorded as Christian Democrat votes, Calvino demonstrates ironically that the Catholic Church and the Communist Party may have more in common than either thinks-an "anonymous, administrative grayness" that can crush the spirit and leave a man as maimed as the patients...
Louisiana Democrat Russell B. Long, committee chairman, fumed that "the Times article sought to infer something improper about the payments." The Washington Post fired a double-barreled blast at both the Times for "unfair insinuations," and at Connally's "friends" on the Finance Committee for giving "the appearance of wanting to shove the whole situation out of sight by forcing an immediate vote" on his confirmation. Michigan's Robert Griffin, the Republican whip, told Connally: "If this is all there is to it, the New York Times owes you an apology...