Word: deweyism
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Active in Republican politics and a frequent advocate before Italian groups for such presidential candidates as Thomas Dewey, Wendell Willkie and Dwight Eisenhower, Sirica was appointed a federal judge by Eisenhower in 1957. "Hell, yes, I'm a Republican," he still says. "You can't change a fellow's feelings just because you give him a judicial robe. But when I get on the bench, then I'm nothing. Politics is out then. Then it's my duty to search for the truth...
...claim that our politics has traditionally been as bad as they made it in 1972. They must show us that Dwight Eisenhower traded the public trust for a campaign contribution, that John Kennedy's staff was riddled with men subject to indictment, that Harry Truman was bugging Governor Dewey...
...only have hurdler Dewey Hickman and record-holding middle-distance men John Quirk and Bob Clayton departed from the ranks, but Bill McCurdy will take a sabbatical beginning in January and lasting through spring semester...
...Teapot Dome scandal. Twice in the past dozen years, Chicago has turned to Attorney Barnabas Sears to pursue charges involving the city's police force. In New York City, Judge Samuel Seabury raked and ultimately broke the corrupt Roaring Twenties administration of Mayor Jimmy Walker; Thomas Dewey probed the "politico-criminal alliance" that underlay the city's racketeering...
...river views on the New York system. The sights are especially good at night. Another important feature of the Red Line is the towering wooden escalator at South Station, one of the most humbling rides in the Boston area. While you're at South Station, walk out into Dewey Square and take a good look at the station itself--from a block and a half away, it's a very impressive sight...