Word: getterism
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Some men, say the authors, are born to have ulcers, some acquire them, others have ulcers thrust upon them. The born ulcer type they describe as "the tense, anxious, driving, active, mildly agitated individual frequently seen as the go-getter, the promoter, the organizer, the manager, the executive, the businessman who cannot seem to let up." If his craving for success and affection is not satisfied, he feels insecure...
...nomination put together. The winning Democrat, who will face Taft in November, is bouncy, bombastic State Auditor Joseph ("Jumping Joe") T. Ferguson. Since Jumping Joe, a jovial hack, was a bit weak on big world issues, Democrats had to reassure themselves that at least he was quite a vote getter. The story goes that when asked what he thought about Formosa, Jumping Joe replied: "Don't worry about Formosa-I carried it by 2,000 votes...
...Dewey desperately wanted a rent-control law that would operate whether or not federal controls were extended. Such a bill would also be a fine vote getter for Dewey-and so all the Democrats, under orders from State Chairman Paul Fitzpatrick, refused to vote for a rent bill Dewey could take credit for. Three of his own Republicans in the senate were also against it. That left Dewey one vote short...
...Crimson's captain Geoff Tootell and Don Trimble should score in the latter event. Trimble was the only Harvard point-getter in the IC4A meet...
...Democratic Party, vociferously urged on by organized labor, had been making muscles at Senator Robert A. Taft for years. But as the 1950 elections approached, the Administration's menacing attitude seemed to subside a little. Ohio's able Governor Frank Lausche, the Democrats' hottest vote-getter, decided not to run against Taft; last week Cleveland's Mayor Tom Burke, the next best bet, politely begged...