Word: donning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Massachusetts' Democratic Governor Foster Furcolo requested a chance to speak to General Electric workers at Lynn last month in defense of his embattled proposal to boost the state sales tax, they deluged him with 200 unfriendly questions, such as: "When are you going to forget your giveaway programs...
"I don't admit for a second that all the allegations you make [are] fact," replied the President. "When you come down to it, I am trying to do what will be good for the country. I don't enjoy vetoing bills [see below]. I don't...
Red Threats: Nikita Khrushchev's swaggering promise to "burn" U.S. tanks and launch rockets if the U.S. supports its position in Berlin-threats transmitted through Democrat Averell Harriman (TIME, July 13)-brought a scornful rejoinder: "I don't believe that responsible people should indulge in anything that can...
Catholic for President: "My vote would never be changed on the basis of . . . religion," but he was unwilling to speculate on a Roman Catholic candidate's chances of being elected in 1960. "I have no opinion whatsoever," said he. "Al Smith was nominated, and he was defeated. I don...
The whole fast-changing now-you-spend-it, now-you-don't situation was too much for the jangled nerves of Arkansas' J. William Fulbright, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "We are not bankrupt," said he to the Senate, "but we do look as if we...