Word: edward
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...going to be run out of office by allegations and misstatements and misconceptions," an impassioned Edward Brooke declared on the Senate floor earlier this month. "Whether I serve in the U.S. Senate again or I do not, I want to live with dignity and self-respect...
...Alfred Edward Kahn is obviously a gambling man. The outgoing chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board says of his new job as anti-inflation chief: "The chances for success are far less than what I had [at the CAB]. I think we're dealing with something that's a hundred times more important, but the chances of success are one-thousandth...
Brooke's backers range from Henry Kissinger to black Civil Rights Leader Jesse Jackson. But Tsongas has a popular supporter too: Senator Edward Kennedy. In the past, Kennedy has never actively helped Brooke's opponents. But sensing that Brooke is in serious trouble, Kennedy has taped TV commercials in behalf of Tsongas, who in turn backs Kennedy's national health insurance plan. If Brooke loses, he will have one small consolation: the Ethics Committee will probably call off its investigation. Otherwise, the probe will...
...Most women who do get backing are running in districts that the party feels are impossible to win. If the race begins to look winnable, prominent male politicians move right in." This happened to Massachusetts State Representative Elaine Noble, who was running for the Democratic nomination to challenge Senator Edward Brooke. When revelations about his finances made him suddenly look vulnerable, three men entered the primary against her, and she wound up last...
Louisa's story is modeled on the real-life exploits of Rosa Lewis (1867-1952), a legendary Londoner who started her career as a Cockney skivvy, became for a time a mistress to the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), and wound up as the proprietor of the Cavendish Hotel, a slightly raffish establishment catering to the upper crust. Successes like Rosa's require bullheadedness and a certain animal cunning, qualities that Actress Gemma Jones mimes impressively. Her Louisa is a furious wren, an unbreakable China doll with a chin shaped like an eggshell and hard as a rock...