Word: elected
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...conference, agreed to follow general ground rules of the Eisenhower Administration (no reporters may phone, type or leave the room till the conference is done), then haggled for a while over what to call Kennedy. Earlier in the campaign they had shifted from Jack to Senator. Now "Mr. President-elect" sounded too clumsy; "Mr. President" would not be fitting till Jan. 20, 1961. Later, Kennedy himself cleared it up, asked that he be called "Senator-a mighty good title," though the press conference ended with a called-out "Thank you, Mr. President" anyway...
...half a dozen appointees President-elect Kennedy named last week, two are likely to have a decisive effect in shaping his Administration: Special Counsel Ted Sorensen and White House Liaison Man Clark Clifford...
...substitute resolution, a group of students proposed that a new steering committee (1) urge the President-elect to present to Congress legislation concerning a youth service program, (2) ascertain, in cooperation with their leaders, the needs of underdeveloped countries which U.S. youth could help meet, and report their findings to the President-elect and Congress, and (3) investigate the feasibility of using the youth service program as an alternative to the draft...
...this could easily be lost unless the President-elect acts promptly and decisively. The Princeton conference declined to authorize its own pilot project, and placed its faith instead in the initiative of the Kennedy Administration. The new steering committee - including representatives from business, labor, education, churches, foundations - was asked to prepare a detailed prospectus for a "Peace Corps" program, and to present it to Kennedy and the new Congress
Towering a half-foot above his tall son, Herbert Pell was rushed by reporters and commentators before he was able to greet the Senator-elect. "I have run for public office and have handled campaigns," said the former political manager for Al Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt, "but no campaign in which I was interested has given me anything like the pleasure and happiness I have now." A reporter wanted to know whether the Ambassador helped out his son's campaign. "I certainly did," Pell snapped back. His newly-elected son and the party campaign managers, who were mindful that...