Word: ev
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Time Off for Families. Similarly, in the Senate, Republicans put up Vermont's George Aiken for president pro tempore. In nominating Aiken, G.O.P. Leader Everett Dirksen noted that the Vermonter's middle name is David. Cried Ev: "I am confident that he will be like his namesake, David of old, who reached into the brook of Elah, and there found smooth stones for his slingshot with which to humble Goliath. In the same spirit, George Aiken will reach into the brook...
...young House Republicans, this is not nearly enough. They complain that Halleck opposes for the sake of opposing, refuses to consider constructive G.O.P. alternatives to Democratic programs, and thus contributes to a negative Republican image. It has got so bad that these young Republicans do not even think "The Ev and Charlie Show" is funny...
...also suggested the adoption of "a more appealing, responsible program" on a national level, and criticized the lack of Republican leadership other than that provided by the Ev and Charlie Show. He also called for the development of a "middle view" among Massachusetts Republicans...
...about the Cuban crisis. And Dirksen himself leaked a little story that was hardly calculated to inspire confidence in the camp of his Democratic opponent, Congressman Sidney R. Yates, 53, a faithful Frontiersman. According to the Dirksen tale, President Kennedy at the end of the White House meeting asked Ev how he was doing in Illinois. Dirksen gravely expressed doubts. "Aw," laughed the President, "what are you worried about...
...entirely too much noise in almost every Shakespeare production--but it seems to be of little avail. With the exception of a few actors, like Mr. Abbott himself (who is the languid and ailing King Edward), or Andreas Teuber (a vital Buckingham, and a perfect Charlie to Pickett's Ev), or Phil Kerr (Harry Richmond), whose skills approach those of Mr. Pickett, none of Richard's enemies is much worth listening...