Word: facings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dinner at the Hollywood Biltmore that some of Rockefeller's own fans had trouble getting tickets. "Nixon Now" banners and badges bloomed everywhere, and the mere mention of the Vice President's name drew storms of applause. A huge photomural of Dick Nixon's face (flanked by the images of Dwight Eisenhower and Abraham Lincoln) stared fixedly down at the challenger. Rockefeller's speeches drew respectful attention, but they were not much help. For his themes, Rocky stuck to above-it-all international problems, and his formal speeches were so high-flown, as Scripps-Howard Correspondent...
...argued that it would damage the Republicans in the 1958 elections, and beyond, if the Administration let the Democrats grab the credit for combatting the recession by cutting taxes. On Capitol Hill, Sam Rayburn responsibly held off the Democrats who wanted to cut taxes, but he wavered in the face of arguments that the party could not afford to let the Administration get the credit...
...Splint's face seemed to collapse into weariness. "I understand. What was it you wanted--House sports permission...
...whole historical crowd is there --from Priam all the way to the face that launched a thousand ships. But some of them you might not recognize right away. Giraudoux has chosen his Trojan locale with malice afore-thought. He seems to delight in slipping in anachronistic elements, such as references to the "middle class." Entering the spirit of the thing, director John Beck appears to have added a few of his own: one bare-chested sailor sports a tattoo reading "Mother" --but in Greek, of course...
...Eastern soccer's game of the year, the Crimson varsity will face Yale's powerful Bulldogs this afternoon at 2 p.m. in New Haven. The Elis and the Crimson will be in near-perfect condition for the showdown both squads have been pointing towards since late September...