Word: dynast
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...boyish name with fear and derision or else with adoration and awe. To many enemies, he is more his father's son than his brother's brother. Indeed, it was old Joe himself who observed, "He hates just like I do." By this reckoning, Robert Kennedy is the spoiled dynast, reclaiming the White House as a legacy from the man he regards as a usurper. Yet to many who have worked closely with him, Bobby is like Jack, pragmatic and perceptive, tempered by history. Says Urbanologist Pat Moynihan: "Much has been given him and taken from him in life...
Crusty Barons. It took some doing. When first elected in 1962, Ted's sole assets seemed to be a princely phiz and a kingly cognomen. He was only 30, and his political experience was virtually nil. As a dynast in democratic guise, Ted was vulnerable as were few other freshmen to rough handling from both his seniors and the press...