Word: egghead
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Drawing support from such far-out groups as the Birchers, Scott advised voters to "shoot the works" by sending him to Congress and his political idol, Barry Goldwater, to the White House. He dismissed Democrat Hove as a "fuzzy, liberal, socialist egghead," concentrated his fire on Fellow Republican Andrews. "The middle of the road has shifted to the left of center," cried Scott of Andrews' moderate views. "The center line on the highway is dangerous ground...
...others are abroad in Nantes, toiling at art, literature and history taught in French. Hardly any of the summer students are flunkees trying to catch up. The extra work will not get them to college a minute sooner. They just like it. "It's the day of the egghead," chortles Chemistry Teacher Lawrence Lynch. A measure of the results is that last year Beverly Hills' school average on the national Iowa Tests of Educational Development was in the 99th percentile...
...Egghead Roll." Pearson now has that trust. "The very first thing I will do." he vows, "is to try to establish the climate of confidence." To rebuild swiftly Canada's crumbled reputation abroad, Pearson plans...
...last time Pearson and Kennedy met was at the White House dinner for Nobel prizewinners last spring, dubbed by Pearson "The President's Easter Egghead Roll." "I believe we can get back on a very friendly and cooperative basis without difficulty," Pearson says. "I know our relations are going to be complicated and at times difficult. The thing that matters is to accept our responsibilities...
...When an egghead runs for political office, his backers ordinarily try to build up his image as a regular guy. If, for example, he once went to a baseball game, he now gets billed as a devoted fan. But H. Stuart Hughes, running as an independent for Senator from Massachusetts, departs from this pattern. A Harvard history professor and the author of several scholarly works, Hughes is an egghead who makes no concessions to popular political behavior...