Word: gentlemen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...speechwriters, found that the candidate was too busy to talk. With a book entitled Mammals of North America in front of him, the Senator was writing a poem called Wolverines. "I was afraid," confesses Gorman, "that the next day he'd get up and say 'Ladies and gentlemen . . . wolverines...
...first he modestly tried to beg off, claiming urgent business in Paris. "But tennis is like alcohol once it gets in your bloodstream," said Sargent Shriver, 52, U.S. Ambassador to France, and there he was at Wimbledon competing in the Veterans' Gentlemen's Doubles. Bounding nimbly across the court, stretching for volleys, scrambling for lobs, Shriver and Partner Robert Kelleher, president of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association, easily defeated their first-round opponents 6-2, 6-0. Next day, though, they were paired against Jaroslav Drobny and A. V. Martini, a couple of old hands at the game...
...Friends and neighbors," Seymour roared from the podium. The organist stopped playing "Hey, Look Me Over, Hey, Lend an Ear". "Some of the Wallace Girls tell me you've been having a few questions about the $1000 petition. Well, ladies and gentlemen, much as we'd like it, we don't expect you to raise the $1000 bill all by yourself. We'd like you to take this petition out among your friends and neighbors here in your state and in your community and have you see if you can try and get them to contribute. Of course...
More official hawkers moved among the people. Some were selling copies of The Wallace Story for $5.00, bumper stickers for 25c, buttons for 10c. Finally the organist slid into a rendition of "Dixie", Seymour moved back to the podium yelling, "And now here he is, Ladies and Gentlemen, here he is. The next president of the United States. The next president of the United States. The Honorable George Wallace." The Secret Service men moved forward on the stage, the organist took out all stops, and the audience was back on its feet, cheering, whistling, applauding, and loving America...
...Senator Kennedy has been . . . Senator Kennedy has been shot! Is that possible? Is that possible? It is possible, ladies and gentlemen! It is possible! He has . . . Not only Senator Kennedy! Oh my God! . . . I am right here, and Rafer Johnson has hold of the man who apparently fired the shot! He still has the gun! The gun is pointed at me right this moment! Get the gun! Get the gun! Get the gun! Stay away from the guy! Get his thumb! Get his thumb! Break it if you have to! Get the gun, Rafer! Hold...