Word: democratization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...once famous dog Checkers is recalled in Richard Nixon's checkered silks. As for Ronald Reagan's polka dots, Democrat Conrad says in a frankly partisan spirit that they represent a clown's suit-or, to put it more politely, theatrical attire. George Romney and Nelson Rockefeller are done in "recessive" blue; that is not a political assessment, but only Conrad's way of pushing them back in the perspective of the picture. And the red and white stripes on Percy? Replies the artist, who may possibly have more political savvy than he realizes: "This just...
...Crane-DeGuglielmo feud has been a hard one for the CCA to handle. DeGuglielmo, a former city councillor mavor, and prominent Democrat, carefully planned political coup early in 1966 which, after a furious fight on the floor of the City Council, ended in a 5-4 vote to make him city manager. The dismissed manager of 14 years, John Curry, was a close friend of Crane and had leaned heavily on the advice of the four-time mayor...
...many respects, Edmund "Pat" Brown fits the comic strip caricature of a politician. Heavy-set and florid, he talks in superlatives and looks at ease on a campaign platform. Genial most of the time, he blusters and pounds his fist if someone maligns Lyndon Johnson or another Democrat. He knows California as few other people do: probably no one else could be so effusive about the redwoods or the Los Angeles freeway system; probably no one else can name the tiny settlements that dot Highway 395 as it climbs from Barstow to Bishop...
...ways, reappointed him with reluctance, made a barebones announcement of the news. Johnson also made a point of including the information that Board Member Charles N. Shepardson, a longtime Martin supporter, will face mandatory retirement when he reaches 70 late this month. Another sour note was struck by Texas Democrat Wright Patman, chairman of the House Banking Committee and an outspoken easy-money advocate. Martin's reappointment, said Patman, will "cause this Administration much sorrow in future years...
Such critics reflect a tendency to categorize Martin as a diehard, unswerving conservative-but Martin's record belies the notion. He is, rather, a monetary pragmatist who makes, and changes, policy according to what he sees as current requirements. A lifelong Democrat, Martin was a successful Wall Street broker and a familiar figure in Manhattan nightspots in the '30s. When he was named chairman of the New York Stock Exchange in 1938, President Roosevelt told him: "Your job is the worst in the world-next to mine." After leaving the exchange, Martin served as president of the Export...