Word: equality
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Estes Kefauver and thought a wide-open convention would give the nod to Estes and his primary-built organization. Rayburn and Johnson used brimstone words while protesting that, in giving the convention its choice, Stevenson would seem to be abdicating his responsibility. People might think that Adlai would have equal trouble making up his mind about "whether some night to use the Seventh Fleet...
...comforting word for the South: "Let's never forget this: from 1896 to 1954, the school pattern of the South was built up in what they thought was absolute accordance with the law, with the Constitution of the United States, because that's what the [separate-but-equal] decision...
...Labor no longer is a disinherited, propertyless minority, but comprises the majority of Americans. Labor and management now bargain from relatively equal strength; government intervention only prevents or delays bona fide bargaining and settlement...
...last week's primary Cobo won the 1956 nomination, rolled up 349,228 votes to Leonard's 158,203. On the Democratic ballot, the 45-year-old Williams, who thrashed Leonard with equal ease in the 1954 general election, got 418,432 votes in running unopposed for an unprecedented fifth term. Republican leaders found some comfort in the fact that in 75 of 144 key Detroit precincts-accurately used in the past to forecast election trends-Cobo ran well ahead of the 1954 G.O.P. ticket. To win in November, say the Republicans hopefully, Cobo needs only...
...force expands to fill them. A record $4.2 billion in construction starts last month will soon be topped as the huge federal highway program moves into high gear. The auto industry will spend well over $1 billion for drastic restyling of ten (out of 19) U.S. makes, expects to equal or top the 1955 sales peak of 7,900,000 cars...