Word: democratized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Moving through Florida last week on his first political swing since announcing his presidential candidacy, Republican Richard Nixon rapped right back at Democrat Kennedy. Asked what he thought about Kennedy's ideas of the U.S. presidency, Nixon replied: "I would disagree with him wholeheartedly that Mr. Eisenhower was not a strong President." In fact, said he, Kennedy seemed to confuse "table pounding" with strong leadership...
...Democrat with only seven years of House service, it is a good idea to get on the good side of Sam Rayburn, and one way to get on Mister Sam's good side is to support Johnson for President. But for New York's Representative Victor Anfuso, backing Johnson presented difficulties : Anfuso is a liberal from Brooklyn, where Middle-Road Southerner Johnson's name is less than a liberal byword. Anfuso solved his problem in a speech in the House urging Johnson toward "greater service on behalf of our nation"-and proceeding to credit Johnson with "placing...
...Washington for State Department briefings before a two-month Latin Ameican tour, Democrat Adlai Stevenson again denied that he was a candidate for President, again said he did not expect to be drafted. Asked if he would accept an appointment as Secretary of State, Stevenson replied: "I would look on any office with great respect...
...remodeling of his six-room Harlem apartment? Cried Jack: "I haven't a damn thing to say about it, and you get the hell out of here." But a week later Jack admitted that Real Estate Operator Sidney J. Ungar, a longtime pal and Tammany Democrat, had picked up the $4,400 tab. It was not a gift. Jack insisted, merely a friendly loan without note or collateral. But it just so happened that while Ungar was paying to have Jack's bedroom painted orchid pink, he was also seeking city approval of a $30 million slum clearance...
...Jewel." Meanwhile, the President made himself at home in Washington. Minutes after landing from Augusta, he turned up at the Mayflower Hotel, where Senate Republican Minority Leader Everett Dirksen was celebrating his 64th birthday. "By golly," pealed Dirksen as he and Democrat Lyndon Johnson greeted Ike, "you're a jewel to come...