Word: downes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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"They Do?" As he sat down his aide leaned forward and whispered. The Senator rose again and said, "I meant to say we have been received by the King of Greece, not Sweden. Sweden does not have a King."
As Senator Thomas sat down again his aide whispered frantically. The Senator broke in hoarsely: "They do?" Then he got up for the third time. "Gentlemen," he rumbled, "I was wrong. I did not know that Sweden had a King. I have just been informed that they do. But this...
It was the most persistent smog in Los Angeles history; the yellow-grey pall had hung over the city for more than two weeks, shutting off the sunshine, befouling the famed Southern California air and stinging the eyes of outraged thousands. Angelenos were not only appalled but furious. Pasadena property...
The first question was tough: "Why do you vote so often with the Democrats and why don't you run on the Democratic ticket?" Glib Wayne Morse, a maverick on the Republican range who voted with the Democrats three times out of four in the 81st Congress, took nine...
Handsome, 54-year-old Harry Darby was as Republican as Kansas itself. A national committeeman, he turned down the national chairmanship this year, before it was handed to New Jersey's Guy Gabrielson. Darby wrenched control of Kansas' Republican delegation from Alf Landon last year and led it...